Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Solomon Islands

Poverty at $6.85 a day in the Solomon Islands in 2012 — 90.7%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 87. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2012 90.7% −1.9 pp vs 2005
World rank 84of 87
Period maximum 92.6%2005
Period minimum 90.7%2012

Trend over time

2005–2012 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Solomon Islands, 2005–201290.59191.59292.593200520062007200820092010201120122005: 92.6%2012: 90.7%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2012

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

Solomon Islands 90.7%
World 57.5%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2012 90.7
2005 92.6

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.