Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 international 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.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 57.70 | 23.90 | |||||||||||||||
| Australia | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.50 | 0.70 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 1.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | |||
| Bangladesh | 66.50 | 59.00 | 52.10 | 44.70 | 24.40 | ||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 1.90 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.10 | ||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 90.90 | 69.00 | 57.20 | 55.90 | 49.30 | 44.80 | 44.70 | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 50.60 | 20.10 | 14.10 | 11.50 | |||||||||||||
| Botswana | 35.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 76.70 | 59.80 | 56.30 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 56.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 58.70 | 57.70 | 55.80 | 55.10 | |||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 89.70 | 84.20 | 82.70 | 80.10 | 78.60 | ||||||||||||
| Jamaica | 26.20 | 2.00 | 5.10 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 61.90 | 56.80 | 65.60 | 67.90 | |||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 73.30 | 65.00 | |||||||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 94.00 | 72.00 | 70.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 84.20 | 73.60 | 75.60 | 76.30 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 81.40 | 78.40 | 81.40 | ||||||||||||||
| Belize | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Lucia | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 42.40 | 41.30 | |||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 59.30 | 56.20 | 42.80 | 44.50 | |||||||||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 76.70 | 58.30 | |||||||||||||||
| Malawi | 85.20 | 85.10 | 87.30 | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 84.30 | 89.40 | |||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 52.90 | 37.70 | 40.20 | ||||||||||||||
| Tonga | 9.70 | 15.10 | 1.80 | ||||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 75.90 | 62.90 | |||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |||
| United Kingdom | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Namibia | 35.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kiribati | 22.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Samoa | 11.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||||
| Mauritius | 3.40 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||
| Tuvalu | 21.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 44.40 | 36.90 | |||||||||||||||
| Seychelles | 3.60 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||
| Nauru | 21.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grenada | 2.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barbados | 3.20 |