Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Niger

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Niger in 2021 — 96.1%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 81. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 2.8 pp.

2021 96.1% +1.4 pp vs 2018
World rank 79of 81
Period maximum 98.9%1992
Period minimum 94.7%2018

Trend over time

1992–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Niger, 1992–2021949698100199219951998200120042007201020132016201920211992: 98.9%1994: 98.9%2005: 98.1%2007: 97.8%2011: 97.5%2014: 96.3%2018: 94.7%2021: 96.1%
Change over the period: −2.8 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Niger 96.1%
World 48.7%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 96.1
2018 94.7
2014 96.3
2011 97.5
2007 97.8
2005 98.1
1994 98.9
1992 98.9

Western Africa, 2021

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.