Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Zimbabwe

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Zimbabwe in 2019 — 86.2%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 78. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 3 pp.

2019 86.2% +0.7 pp vs 2017
World rank 75of 78
Period maximum 86.2%2019
Period minimum 83.2%2011

Trend over time

2011–2019 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Zimbabwe, 2011–201983848586872011201220132014201520162017201820192011: 83.2%2017: 85.5%2019: 86.2%
Change over the period: +3 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Zimbabwe 86.2%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 86.2
2017 85.5
2011 83.2

Eastern Africa, 2019

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.