Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Micronesia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Micronesia in 2013 — 78.1%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 77. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 13.2 pp.

2013 78.1% +13.2 pp vs 2005
World rank 71of 77
Period maximum 78.1%2013
Period minimum 64.9%2005

Trend over time

2005–2013 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Micronesia, 2005–201360657075802005200620072008200920102011201220132005: 64.9%2013: 78.1%
Change over the period: +13.2 pp Annual average: 1.65 pp

Comparison, 2013

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

Micronesia 78.1%
World 55.8%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Micronesia, by year Micronesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 78.1
2005 64.9

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.