Our World in Data · OWID.POVERTY
Share of population living in extreme poverty
Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
Share of population living in extreme poverty data
Unweighted average of the 15 countries reporting in 2021
-26% on 2011. Country values run from 0.65 to 71.6 %. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 51
- Years
- 1990–2024
- Observations
- 255
- Source
- Our World in Data
Countries
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Years
1990 – 2024 · 35 years
Annual values by country, 1990 to 2024
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- Egypt
- Uganda
- Zambia
3 countries · 35 years · 255 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in %
| Country | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt EG | 7.1 | — | — | — | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | 3.7 | — | 1.5 | — | 1.2 | — | — | 1.2 | — | 3.1 | — | 2 | — | 1.4 | — | — | — |
| Uganda UG | — | — | 79.9 | — | — | — | 78.6 | — | — | 80.6 | — | — | 78.6 | — | — | 72.4 | — | — | — | 63.6 | — | — | 56.2 | — | — | — | 60.1 | — | — | 59.8 | — | — | — | 54.4 | — |
| Zambia ZM | — | 63 | — | 67.1 | — | — | 56.1 | — | 56.6 | — | — | — | 68 | — | 68.9 | — | 72 | — | — | — | 71.4 | — | — | — | — | 67.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71.7 | — | — |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- OWID.POVERTY
- Unit
- %
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Our World in Data
Values as published by Our World in Data: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026). Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.