Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — BRICS

Poverty at $6.85 a day in BRICS in 2022 — 49.53%. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 42.75 pp.

2022 49.53% +22.06 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 92.28%1993
Period minimum 27.47%2021

Trend over time

1993–2022 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — BRICS, 1993–20220255075100199319961999200220052008201120142017202020221993: 92.28%2005: 74.01%2008: 67.22%2009: 79.83%2011: 70.87%2012: 53.78%2013: 48.9%2014: 46.07%2015: 42.74%2016: 39.93%2017: 37.82%2018: 34.68%2019: 32.73%2020: 32.37%2021: 27.47%2022: 49.53%
Change over the period: −42.75 pp Annual average: -1.47 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

BRICS 49.53%
World 48.3%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 49.53 +22.06 pp
2021 27.47 −4.9 pp
2020 32.37 −0.36 pp
2019 32.73 −1.95 pp
2018 34.68 −3.14 pp
2017 37.82 −2.11 pp
2016 39.93 −2.81 pp
2015 42.74 −3.32 pp
2014 46.07 −2.83 pp
2013 48.9 −4.88 pp
2012 53.78 −17.08 pp
2011 70.87
2009 79.83 +12.61 pp
2008 67.22
2005 74.01
1993 92.28

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.