Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Hungary

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Hungary in 2017 — 4.9%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 78. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 4.9 pp.

2017 4.9% +0.6 pp vs 2016
World rank 32of 78
Period maximum 39.3%1989
Period minimum 0%1987

Trend over time

1987–2017 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Hungary, 1987–2017010203040198719901993199619992002200520082011201420171987: 0%1989: 39.3%1991: 9.1%1993: 11.5%1994: 14.5%1998: 23.2%1999: 15.6%2000: 21.7%2001: 14.4%2002: 13.7%2003: 13.9%2004: 9.4%2005: 10.4%2006: 7%2007: 6.9%2008: 6.7%2009: 7.7%2010: 9%2011: 8.7%2012: 11.6%2013: 10.6%2014: 8.3%2015: 6.4%2016: 4.3%2017: 4.9%
Change over the period: +4.9 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Hungary 4.9%
World 51.5%
Eastern Europe computed 6.82%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 4.9 +0.6 pp
2016 4.3 −2.1 pp
2015 6.4 −1.9 pp
2014 8.3 −2.3 pp
2013 10.6 −1 pp
2012 11.6 +2.9 pp
2011 8.7 −0.3 pp
2010 9 +1.3 pp
2009 7.7 +1 pp
2008 6.7 −0.2 pp
2007 6.9 −0.1 pp
2006 7 −3.4 pp
2005 10.4 +1 pp
2004 9.4 −4.5 pp
2003 13.9 +0.2 pp
2002 13.7 −0.7 pp
2001 14.4 −7.3 pp
2000 21.7 +6.1 pp
1999 15.6 −7.6 pp
1998 23.2
1994 14.5 +3 pp
1993 11.5
1991 9.1
1989 39.3
1987 0

Eastern Europe, 2017

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.