Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Estonia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Estonia in 2023 — 1.3%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 57. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 36.9 pp.

2023 1.3% −0.7 pp vs 2022
World rank 15of 57
Period maximum 40.2%1995
Period minimum 1%2021

Trend over time

1993–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Estonia, 1993–20230204060199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 38.2%1995: 40.2%1998: 34.1%2000: 35.9%2001: 38.5%2002: 36%2003: 20.7%2004: 14.6%2005: 10.1%2006: 6.3%2007: 4.1%2008: 4.1%2009: 5%2010: 7.2%2011: 6.1%2012: 5.2%2013: 5.3%2014: 5%2015: 2.9%2016: 2.4%2017: 1.8%2018: 1.3%2019: 1.7%2020: 1.6%2021: 1%2022: 2%2023: 1.3%
Change over the period: −36.9 pp Annual average: -1.23 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Estonia 1.3%
World 47%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.3 −0.7 pp
2022 2 +1 pp
2021 1 −0.6 pp
2020 1.6 −0.1 pp
2019 1.7 +0.4 pp
2018 1.3 −0.5 pp
2017 1.8 −0.6 pp
2016 2.4 −0.5 pp
2015 2.9 −2.1 pp
2014 5 −0.3 pp
2013 5.3 +0.1 pp
2012 5.2 −0.9 pp
2011 6.1 −1.1 pp
2010 7.2 +2.2 pp
2009 5 +0.9 pp
2008 4.1 +0 pp
2007 4.1 −2.2 pp
2006 6.3 −3.8 pp
2005 10.1 −4.5 pp
2004 14.6 −6.1 pp
2003 20.7 −15.3 pp
2002 36 −2.5 pp
2001 38.5 +2.6 pp
2000 35.9
1998 34.1
1995 40.2
1993 38.2

Northern Europe, 2023

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.