Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021 — 11.7%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 81. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 8.5 pp.

2021 11.7% −5.6 pp vs 2015
World rank 38of 81
Period maximum 20.2%2001
Period minimum 9.7%2004

Trend over time

2001–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001–2021510152025200120032005200720092011201320152017201920212001: 20.2%2004: 9.7%2007: 16%2011: 16%2015: 17.3%2021: 11.7%
Change over the period: −8.5 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.7%
World 48.7%
Southern Europe computed 3.18%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 11.7
2015 17.3
2011 16
2007 16
2004 9.7
2001 20.2

Southern Europe, 2021

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.