Japan Poverty Rate 2008-2024

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.
  • Japan poverty rate for 2013 was 1.40%, a 0.9% increase from 2010.
  • Japan poverty rate for 2010 was 0.50%, a 1.7% decline from 2008.
  • Japan poverty rate for 2008 was 2.20%, a 2.2% increase from .
  • Japan poverty rate for was 0.00%, a 0% increase from .
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Panama 18.20%
Chile 12.50%
Seychelles 9.70%
Argentina 8.60%
Greece 8.30%
Latvia 8.10%
Croatia 7.80%
Uruguay 7.40%
Hungary 7.30%
Lithuania 5.80%
Portugal 5.40%
Israel 5.20%
Estonia 4.20%
Slovak Republic 4.10%
Poland 3.90%
Spain 3.80%
Italy 3.20%
United States 2.00%
Ireland 1.50%
Japan 1.40%
Sweden 1.30%
Canada 1.00%
Austria 0.70%
Czech Republic 0.70%
Denmark 0.60%
Belgium 0.50%
United Kingdom 0.50%
Norway 0.40%
Slovenia 0.40%
Netherlands 0.30%
Luxembourg 0.30%
Cyprus 0.30%
Finland 0.20%
Iceland 0.20%
Malta 0.20%
Germany 0.20%
France 0.20%
Switzerland 0.10%
UAE 0.00%
Japan Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2013 1.40% 0.90%
2010 0.50% -1.70%
2008 2.20% -1.70%