Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — OECD

Poverty at $6.85 a day in the OECD in 2023 — 4.56%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.81 pp.

2023 4.56% −3 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 15.1%2002
Period minimum 4.21%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — OECD, 2000–2023051015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.37%2002: 15.1%2003: 10.23%2004: 12.49%2005: 12.14%2006: 9.37%2007: 4.22%2008: 9.19%2009: 6.24%2010: 9.15%2011: 5.85%2012: 8.95%2013: 5.59%2014: 8.75%2015: 5.24%2016: 7.76%2017: 4.54%2018: 7.3%2019: 4.47%2020: 7.62%2021: 4.21%2022: 7.55%2023: 4.56%
Change over the period: −7.81 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 4.56%
World 47%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 4.56 −3 pp
2022 7.55 +3.35 pp
2021 4.21 −3.42 pp
2020 7.62 +3.16 pp
2019 4.47 −2.84 pp
2018 7.3 +2.76 pp
2017 4.54 −3.23 pp
2016 7.76 +2.52 pp
2015 5.24 −3.51 pp
2014 8.75 +3.17 pp
2013 5.59 −3.37 pp
2012 8.95 +3.11 pp
2011 5.85 −3.31 pp
2010 9.15 +2.91 pp
2009 6.24 −2.95 pp
2008 9.19 +4.97 pp
2007 4.22 −5.15 pp
2006 9.37 −2.77 pp
2005 12.14 −0.35 pp
2004 12.49 +2.26 pp
2003 10.23 −4.87 pp
2002 15.1
2000 12.37

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.