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How many live on less than $3 a day?

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day), 142 countries & territories. Share of people living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 prices adjusted for purchasing power (World Bank PIP), from each country’s latest household survey since 2017; some have none.

lowest≥ 0.1%≥ 0.4%≥ 0.9%≥ 2.5%≥ 8.7%≥ 38.2% no data

Source: World Bank· 2017 / 2025

Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0%) to the highest value (85.3%).

The ranking

Reference years differ by country (2017–2025); each row shows its own year.