Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bolivia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Bolivia in 2024 — 17.4%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 25. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 28.3 pp.

2024 17.4% +0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank 8of 25
Period maximum 61.4%1992
Period minimum 16.5%2023

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bolivia, 1990–202402040608019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 45.7%1992: 61.4%1997: 49.8%1999: 52.5%2000: 58.8%2001: 54.2%2002: 56.4%2004: 49.3%2005: 49.5%2006: 44.6%2007: 42.7%2008: 36.6%2009: 31.9%2011: 25.3%2012: 25.9%2013: 23.6%2014: 22.6%2015: 23%2016: 23.7%2017: 23.1%2018: 21.3%2019: 17.8%2020: 19.5%2021: 17.1%2022: 18.5%2023: 16.5%2024: 17.4%
Change over the period: −28.3 pp Annual average: -0.83 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bolivia 17.4%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 17.4 +0.9 pp
2023 16.5 −2 pp
2022 18.5 +1.4 pp
2021 17.1 −2.4 pp
2020 19.5 +1.7 pp
2019 17.8 −3.5 pp
2018 21.3 −1.8 pp
2017 23.1 −0.6 pp
2016 23.7 +0.7 pp
2015 23 +0.4 pp
2014 22.6 −1 pp
2013 23.6 −2.3 pp
2012 25.9 +0.6 pp
2011 25.3
2009 31.9 −4.7 pp
2008 36.6 −6.1 pp
2007 42.7 −1.9 pp
2006 44.6 −4.9 pp
2005 49.5 +0.2 pp
2004 49.3
2002 56.4 +2.2 pp
2001 54.2 −4.6 pp
2000 58.8 +6.3 pp
1999 52.5
1997 49.8
1992 61.4
1990 45.7

South America, 2024

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.