Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bangladesh

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Bangladesh in 2022 — 71.5%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 73. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 26 pp.

2022 71.5% −14.2 pp vs 2016
World rank 65of 73
Period maximum 97.5%1983
Period minimum 71.5%2022

Trend over time

1983–2022 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bangladesh, 1983–2022708090100198319871991199519992003200720112015201920221983: 97.5%1985: 96.2%1988: 96.6%1991: 97.2%1995: 93.4%2000: 92.3%2005: 90%2010: 88.6%2016: 85.7%2022: 71.5%
Change over the period: −26 pp Annual average: -0.67 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 71.5%
World 48.3%
South Asia 81.4%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 71.5
2016 85.7
2010 88.6
2005 90
2000 92.3
1995 93.4
1991 97.2
1988 96.6
1985 96.2
1983 97.5

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.