Pakistan Poverty Rate 1987-2023
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.
- Pakistan poverty rate for 2018 was 77.60%, a 1.2% increase from 2015.
- Pakistan poverty rate for 2015 was 76.40%, a 4% decline from 2013.
- Pakistan poverty rate for 2013 was 80.40%, a 3.5% decline from 2011.
- Pakistan poverty rate for 2011 was 83.90%, a 1.2% decline from 2010.
| Pakistan Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
77.60% |
1.20% |
| 2015 |
76.40% |
-4.00% |
| 2013 |
80.40% |
-3.50% |
| 2011 |
83.90% |
-1.20% |
| 2010 |
85.10% |
-1.90% |
| 2007 |
87.00% |
-1.80% |
| 2005 |
88.80% |
0.50% |
| 2004 |
88.30% |
-5.60% |
| 2001 |
93.90% |
3.10% |
| 1998 |
90.80% |
-0.90% |
| 1996 |
91.70% |
-5.30% |
| 1990 |
97.00% |
0.20% |
| 1987 |
96.80% |
0.20% |
