Bangladesh Poverty Rate 1983-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 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.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2016 was 86.90%, a 2.5% decline from 2010.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2010 was 89.40%, a 1.5% decline from 2005.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2005 was 90.90%, a 2.1% decline from 2000.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2000 was 93.00%, a 0.7% decline from 1995.
| Bangladesh Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
86.90% |
-2.50% |
| 2010 |
89.40% |
-1.50% |
| 2005 |
90.90% |
-2.10% |
| 2000 |
93.00% |
-0.70% |
| 1995 |
93.70% |
-3.70% |
| 1991 |
97.40% |
0.40% |
| 1988 |
97.00% |
0.50% |
| 1985 |
96.50% |
-1.30% |
| 1983 |
97.80% |
-1.30% |
