Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Tunisia

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Tunisia in 2021 — 20.7%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 81. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 51.8 pp.

2021 20.7% −3 pp vs 2015
World rank 49of 81
Period maximum 72.5%1985
Period minimum 20.7%2021

Trend over time

1985–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Tunisia, 1985–202102040608019851989199319972001200520092013201720211985: 72.5%1990: 66.4%1995: 66.3%2000: 57.3%2005: 49%2010: 34.6%2015: 23.7%2021: 20.7%
Change over the period: −51.8 pp Annual average: -1.44 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Tunisia 20.7%
World 48.7%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 20.7
2015 23.7
2010 34.6
2005 49
2000 57.3
1995 66.3
1990 66.4
1985 72.5

Northern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TN Tunisia 20.7 EG Egypt 58.5

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.