Niger: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2021 is 60.5 percent, an increase from 59 percent in 2018. In comparison, the world average is 8.17 percent, based on data from 80 countries. Historically, the average for Niger from 1992 to 2021 is 74.03 percent. The minimum value, 59 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 88.9 percent was recorded in 1994. See the global rankings 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.