Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Chile

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Chile in 2024 — 4.5%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 25. Since 1987, the indicator has fallen by 59.9 pp.

2024 4.5% −1.6 pp vs 2022
World rank 2of 25
Period maximum 64.4%1987
Period minimum 4.5%2024

Trend over time

1987–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Chile, 1987–202402040608019871991199519992003200720112015201920231987: 64.4%1990: 58.5%1992: 53.3%1994: 49.8%1996: 44.6%1998: 41.6%2000: 44.5%2003: 43.2%2006: 32%2009: 27.6%2011: 23.5%2013: 14.4%2015: 11.7%2017: 9%2020: 11.3%2022: 6.1%2024: 4.5%
Change over the period: −59.9 pp Annual average: -1.62 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Chile 4.5%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.5
2022 6.1
2020 11.3
2017 9
2015 11.7
2013 14.4
2011 23.5
2009 27.6
2006 32
2003 43.2
2000 44.5
1998 41.6
1996 44.6
1994 49.8
1992 53.3
1990 58.5
1987 64.4

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.