Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — G20

Poverty at $6.85 a day in the G20 in 2022 — 41.6%. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 36.01 pp.

2022 41.6% +21.68 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 77.61%1993
Period minimum 19.92%2021

Trend over time

1993–2022 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — G20, 1993–2022020406080199319961999200220052008201120142017202020221993: 77.61%2002: 61.42%2003: 32.57%2004: 61.39%2005: 56.55%2006: 29.81%2008: 47.12%2009: 56.97%2010: 43.99%2011: 57.35%2012: 38.52%2013: 35.5%2014: 33.21%2015: 31.18%2016: 28.47%2017: 26.81%2018: 24.86%2019: 23.02%2020: 23.07%2021: 19.92%2022: 41.6%
Change over the period: −36.01 pp Annual average: -1.24 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 41.6%
World 48.3%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 41.6 +21.68 pp
2021 19.92 −3.15 pp
2020 23.07 +0.06 pp
2019 23.02 −1.84 pp
2018 24.86 −1.95 pp
2017 26.81 −1.67 pp
2016 28.47 −2.71 pp
2015 31.18 −2.03 pp
2014 33.21 −2.29 pp
2013 35.5 −3.02 pp
2012 38.52 −18.84 pp
2011 57.35 +13.37 pp
2010 43.99 −12.98 pp
2009 56.97 +9.85 pp
2008 47.12
2006 29.81 −26.74 pp
2005 56.55 −4.84 pp
2004 61.39 +28.82 pp
2003 32.57 −28.85 pp
2002 61.42
1993 77.61

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.