Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. Reported as: 2021 PPP.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
170
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Bank

    World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.

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  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

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Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Costa Rica20250.80percent
Ecuador20253.40percent
Indonesia20254percent
Uzbekistan20252.30percent
Argentina20241percent
Armenia20240.80percent
Bolivia, Plurinational State of20242.10percent
Brazil20243percent
Chile20240.40percent
Colombia20248.50percent

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