Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bhutan

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Bhutan in 2022 — 9%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 73. Since 2003, the indicator has fallen by 67.1 pp.

2022 9% −33.5 pp vs 2017
World rank 34of 73
Period maximum 76.1%2003
Period minimum 9%2022

Trend over time

2003–2022 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bhutan, 2003–2022020406080200320052007200920112013201520172019202120222003: 76.1%2007: 65.1%2012: 48.5%2017: 42.5%2022: 9%
Change over the period: −67.1 pp Annual average: -3.53 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Bhutan 9%
World 48.3%
South Asia 81.4%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 9
2017 42.5
2012 48.5
2007 65.1
2003 76.1

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.