Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Jordan

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Jordan in 2010 — 15.3%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 86. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 5.9 pp.

2010 15.3% −5.1 pp vs 2008
World rank 40of 86
Period maximum 42.6%1997
Period minimum 15.3%2010

Trend over time

1986–2010 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Jordan, 1986–201010203040501986198919921995199820012004200720101986: 21.2%1992: 41.9%1997: 42.6%2002: 32.7%2006: 22.4%2008: 20.4%2010: 15.3%
Change over the period: −5.9 pp Annual average: -0.25 pp

Comparison, 2010

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

Jordan 15.3%
World 60.2%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2010 15.3
2008 20.4
2006 22.4
2002 32.7
1997 42.6
1992 41.9
1986 21.2

Western Asia, 2010

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.