# Poverty at $3/day by country: data and definition

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
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Indicator field guide / SI.POV.DDAY

# Poverty at $3/day

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted 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.

Unit: % of population. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Argentina | 1.2% |
| Armenia | 1.9% |
| Austria | 0.5% |
| Belgium | 0.1% |
| Bolivia | 2.8% |
| Brazil | 3.8% |
| Bulgaria | 1.0% |
| Colombia | 8.6% |
| Costa Rica | 1.5% |
| Croatia | 0.3% |
| Cyprus | 0.0% |
| Czechia | 0.0% |
| Denmark | 0.4% |
| Dominican Republic | 1.3% |
| Ecuador | 4.7% |
| El Salvador | 4.6% |
| Estonia | 0.3% |
| Finland | 0.2% |
| France | 0.1% |
| Georgia | 5.8% |
| Greece | 0.6% |
| Guatemala | 9.7% |
| Honduras | 17.0% |
| India | 2.6% |
| Indonesia | 6.7% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2.5% |
| Iraq | 0.5% |
| Ireland | 0.1% |
| Italy | 0.9% |
| Kiribati | 0.9% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 2.7% |
| Latvia | 0.4% |
| Lithuania | 1.1% |
| Luxembourg | 0.1% |
| Malta | 0.4% |
| Moldova | 0.1% |
| Norway | 0.2% |
| Panama | 3.7% |
| Paraguay | 2.4% |
| Peru | 5.9% |
| Philippines | 5.3% |
| Poland | 0.2% |
| Portugal | 0.4% |
| Romania | 0.7% |
| Russian Federation | 0.1% |
| Rwanda | 38.6% |
| Serbia | 1.1% |
| Slovak Republic | 0.5% |
| Slovenia | 0.0% |
| Spain | 0.8% |
| Sweden | 0.8% |
| Switzerland | 0.1% |
| Tajikistan | 7.3% |
| Thailand | 0.0% |
| Turkiye | 0.2% |
| Uganda | 54.4% |
| United States | 1.2% |
| Uruguay | 0.2% |
| Uzbekistan | 4.1% |
| West Bank and Gaza | 2.1% |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).