Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ethiopia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Ethiopia in 2021 — 93.5%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 81. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 3 pp.

2021 93.5% +3.6 pp vs 2015
World rank 78of 81
Period maximum 97.7%1999
Period minimum 89.9%2015

Trend over time

1995–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ethiopia, 1995–202188909294969819951998200120042007201020132016201920211995: 96.5%1999: 97.7%2004: 95.7%2010: 93.2%2015: 89.9%2021: 93.5%
Change over the period: −3 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ethiopia 93.5%
World 48.7%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 93.5
2015 89.9
2010 93.2
2004 95.7
1999 97.7
1995 96.5

Eastern Africa, 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.