Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Central Asia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Central Asia in 2024 — 33.42%. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 61.02 pp.

2024 33.42% −3.61 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.43%1998
Period minimum 33.42%2024

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Central Asia, 1998–20242040608010019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 94.43%2002: 91.21%2003: 90.54%2004: 77.14%2007: 62.43%2009: 59.74%2015: 47.48%2021: 39.24%2022: 43.68%2023: 37.03%2024: 33.42%
Change over the period: −61.02 pp Annual average: -2.35 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 33.42%
World 46.1%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 33.42 −3.61 pp
2023 37.03 −6.65 pp
2022 43.68 +4.44 pp
2021 39.24
2015 47.48
2009 59.74
2007 62.43
2004 77.14 −13.4 pp
2003 90.54 −0.67 pp
2002 91.21
1998 94.43

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.