Extreme poverty
The share of people living on less than $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), from household surveys.
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India is highest at 2.6% in 2023.
Reported irregularly. Dots mark real figures; lines join them.
Data table
| Year | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.1% | – | – |
| 2023 | 1.2% | – | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | 0% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | 0% | – |
| 2020 | 0.4% | 0% | – |
| 2019 | 1% | 0% | – |
| 2018 | 1.1% | 0.7% | – |
| 2017 | 1.3% | 1.6% | – |
| 2016 | 1.2% | 2.1% | – |
| 2015 | 1.2% | 2.9% | – |
| 2014 | 1.3% | 4.6% | – |
| 2013 | 1.1% | 6% | – |
| 2012 | 1.1% | 12.9% | – |
| 2011 | 1.1% | 15.3% | 27.1% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | 20.6% | – |
| 2009 | 1% | – | 34.6% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | 26.1% | – |
| 2007 | 1% | – | – |
| 2006 | 1.1% | – | – |
| 2005 | 1% | 32.9% | – |