Ethiopia: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2021 is 38.6 percent, an increase from 33 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 8.17 percent, based on data from 80 countries. Historically, the average for Ethiopia from 1995 to 2021 is 48.28 percent. The minimum value, 33 percent, was reached in 2015 while the maximum of 73.5 percent was recorded in 1995. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: 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.