Share of Population in Extreme Poverty ($3/Day), 1990–2025

Global and country-level extreme poverty rates ($3/day threshold) for 195 countries from 1990 to 2025, sourced from Our World in Data.
# Entity
Code
Year
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)
Population
World region according to OWID
1 Afghanistan AFG -10000 14737 Asia
2 Afghanistan AFG -9000 20405 Asia
3 Afghanistan AFG -8000 28253 Asia
4 Afghanistan AFG -7000 39120 Asia
5 Afghanistan AFG -6000 54166 Asia
6 Afghanistan AFG -5000 75000 Asia
7 Afghanistan AFG -4000 306250 Asia
8 Afghanistan AFG -3000 537500 Asia
9 Afghanistan AFG -2000 768750 Asia
10 Afghanistan AFG -1000 1000000 Asia
11 Afghanistan AFG 0 2000000 Asia
12 Afghanistan AFG 100 2250000 Asia
13 Afghanistan AFG 200 2500000 Asia
14 Afghanistan AFG 300 2500000 Asia
15 Afghanistan AFG 400 2500000 Asia
16 Afghanistan AFG 500 2500000 Asia
17 Afghanistan AFG 600 2500000 Asia
18 Afghanistan AFG 700 2425000 Asia
19 Afghanistan AFG 800 2350000 Asia
20 Afghanistan AFG 900 2300000 Asia
21 Afghanistan AFG 1000 2250000 Asia
22 Afghanistan AFG 1100 2375000 Asia
23 Afghanistan AFG 1200 2500000 Asia
24 Afghanistan AFG 1300 1750000 Asia
25 Afghanistan AFG 1400 1875000 Asia
26 Afghanistan AFG 1500 2000000 Asia
27 Afghanistan AFG 1600 2500000 Asia
28 Afghanistan AFG 1700 2500000 Asia
29 Afghanistan AFG 1710 2561625 Asia
30 Afghanistan AFG 1720 2619844 Asia
31 Afghanistan AFG 1730 2679386 Asia
32 Afghanistan AFG 1740 2740281 Asia
33 Afghanistan AFG 1750 2802560 Asia
34 Afghanistan AFG 1760 2866255 Asia
35 Afghanistan AFG 1770 2931397 Asia
36 Afghanistan AFG 1780 2998019 Asia
37 Afghanistan AFG 1790 3066156 Asia
38 Afghanistan AFG 1800 3280000 Asia
39 Afghanistan AFG 1801 3280000 Asia
40 Afghanistan AFG 1802 3280000 Asia
41 Afghanistan AFG 1803 3280000 Asia
42 Afghanistan AFG 1804 3280000 Asia
43 Afghanistan AFG 1805 3280000 Asia
44 Afghanistan AFG 1806 3280000 Asia
45 Afghanistan AFG 1807 3280000 Asia
46 Afghanistan AFG 1808 3280000 Asia
47 Afghanistan AFG 1809 3280000 Asia
48 Afghanistan AFG 1810 3280000 Asia
49 Afghanistan AFG 1811 3280000 Asia
50 Afghanistan AFG 1812 3280000 Asia
51 Afghanistan AFG 1813 3280000 Asia
52 Afghanistan AFG 1814 3280000 Asia
53 Afghanistan AFG 1815 3280000 Asia
54 Afghanistan AFG 1816 3280000 Asia
55 Afghanistan AFG 1817 3280000 Asia
56 Afghanistan AFG 1818 3280000 Asia
57 Afghanistan AFG 1819 3282935 Asia
58 Afghanistan AFG 1820 3288817 Asia
59 Afghanistan AFG 1821 3297661 Asia
60 Afghanistan AFG 1822 3309479 Asia
61 Afghanistan AFG 1823 3324285 Asia
62 Afghanistan AFG 1824 3339157 Asia
63 Afghanistan AFG 1825 3354095 Asia
64 Afghanistan AFG 1826 3369101 Asia
65 Afghanistan AFG 1827 3384173 Asia
66 Afghanistan AFG 1828 3399313 Asia
67 Afghanistan AFG 1829 3414520 Asia
68 Afghanistan AFG 1830 3429796 Asia
69 Afghanistan AFG 1831 3445140 Asia
70 Afghanistan AFG 1832 3460553 Asia
71 Afghanistan AFG 1833 3476034 Asia
72 Afghanistan AFG 1834 3491585 Asia
73 Afghanistan AFG 1835 3507205 Asia
74 Afghanistan AFG 1836 3522896 Asia
75 Afghanistan AFG 1837 3538656 Asia
76 Afghanistan AFG 1838 3554487 Asia
77 Afghanistan AFG 1839 3570389 Asia
78 Afghanistan AFG 1840 3586362 Asia
79 Afghanistan AFG 1841 3602406 Asia
80 Afghanistan AFG 1842 3618522 Asia
81 Afghanistan AFG 1843 3634711 Asia
82 Afghanistan AFG 1844 3650971 Asia
83 Afghanistan AFG 1845 3667305 Asia
84 Afghanistan AFG 1846 3683711 Asia
85 Afghanistan AFG 1847 3700191 Asia
86 Afghanistan AFG 1848 3716745 Asia
87 Afghanistan AFG 1849 3734342 Asia
88 Afghanistan AFG 1850 3752993 Asia
89 Afghanistan AFG 1851 3767956 Asia
90 Afghanistan AFG 1852 3783940 Asia
91 Afghanistan AFG 1853 3800954 Asia
92 Afghanistan AFG 1854 3818038 Asia
93 Afghanistan AFG 1855 3835192 Asia
94 Afghanistan AFG 1856 3852417 Asia
95 Afghanistan AFG 1857 3869714 Asia
96 Afghanistan AFG 1858 3887081 Asia
97 Afghanistan AFG 1859 3904521 Asia
98 Afghanistan AFG 1860 3922032 Asia
99 Afghanistan AFG 1861 3939616 Asia
100 Afghanistan AFG 1862 3957271 Asia

Share of Population in Extreme Poverty ($3/Day), 1990–2025 — Analysis

Global extreme poverty ($3/day) fell from 43.4% to 10.1% between 1990 and 2025 — a 77% decline

China drove the largest single-country reduction: 83 percentage points, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty

Key Findings

  • The world poverty rate dropped steadily from 43.4% (1990) to 10.1% (2025), with the fastest decline between 2002 and 2015
  • COVID-19 reversed progress: global poverty rose from 10.8% (2019) to 11.4% (2020), the first increase in the dataset
  • Africa dominates the list of highest-poverty countries — 9 of the 10 worst-off nations are African, led by DR Congo at 85.3%
  • China, Indonesia, and Nepal achieved near-total elimination of $3/day poverty, each dropping over 68 percentage points since 1990
  • Nigeria bucks the Asian success pattern — poverty fell more slowly, from 57.5% to around 30%, highlighting regional divergence

Visualizations

Largest Poverty Reductions Since 1990
Countries with Highest Poverty Rates (Latest Data)
Poverty Trajectories: China, India, Nigeria vs. World
Global Poverty Rate, 1990–2025

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