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Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Bangladesh · 1983–2022 · Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys
Latest (2022)5.9% of population
Earliest (1983)47.1
Change since 1983−41.2
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What you should know
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.
- Source
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.DDAY)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1983–2022 (10 data points)
- Unit
- % of population
- World Bank code
SI.POV.DDAY- Licence
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World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.DDAY). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-extreme-poverty (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 19.5 |
| 2010 | 25.1 |
| 2005 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 41.4 |
| 1995 | 43.4 |
| 1991 | 51.2 |
| 1988 | 51.1 |
| 1985 | 41.4 |
| 1983 | 47.1 |