Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Morocco

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Morocco in 2013 — 49%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 77. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 33.1 pp.

2013 49% −16.1 pp vs 2006
World rank 63of 77
Period maximum 82.1%1984
Period minimum 49%2013

Trend over time

1984–2013 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Morocco, 1984–2013405060708090198419871990199319961999200220052008201120131984: 82.1%1990: 65.5%1998: 73.4%2000: 73.2%2006: 65.1%2013: 49%
Change over the period: −33.1 pp Annual average: -1.14 pp

Comparison, 2013

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

Morocco 49%
World 55.8%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 49
2006 65.1
2000 73.2
1998 73.4
1990 65.5
1984 82.1

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.