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 84.20%, a 3.4% decline from 2010.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2010 was 87.60%, a 1.6% decline from 2005.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2005 was 89.20%, a 2.3% decline from 2000.
- Bangladesh poverty rate for 2000 was 91.50%, a 1.1% decline from 1995.
| Bangladesh Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
84.20% |
-3.40% |
| 2010 |
87.60% |
-1.60% |
| 2005 |
89.20% |
-2.30% |
| 2000 |
91.50% |
-1.10% |
| 1995 |
92.60% |
-4.30% |
| 1991 |
96.90% |
0.70% |
| 1988 |
96.20% |
0.60% |
| 1985 |
95.60% |
-1.50% |
| 1983 |
97.10% |
-1.50% |
