Poverty & Inequality in World 14 indicators covering poverty & inequality for World. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 10.4% 2024 down 28.3% 7th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 3.6% 2024 down 12.2% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 18.9% 2024 down 32.3% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 46.1% 2024 down 15.7% 8th Prosperity gap 4.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 13.2% 8th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.7% 2024 down 25.6% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 24.9% 2024 down 12.6% 8th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.1% 2024 down 22.7% 8th Proportion of population below international poverty line 10.4% 2024 down 28.3% 17th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 268.21 2023 up 18.5% 4th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 22.4% 2024 up 7.7% 2nd Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 7.9% 2025 down 28.1% 13th [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 52.4% 2023 up 22.4% 19th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 9.9% 2015 down 52.2% 1st