Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia
Indonesia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia, 1984–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 60.8% on the previous year and down 99.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia peaked at 18.0% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2025.
Indonesia ranks 99th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 18.0% | — |
| 1987 | 14.3% | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 5.6% | -60.7% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | -46.0% |
| 1998 | 8.3% | +204.3% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | -81.7% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -20.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -91.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +156.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -33.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +334.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -71.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -29.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -47.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -19.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +29.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -63.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -44.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -37.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +23.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -37.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -78.9% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -60.8% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 2% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 0.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0%, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +334.8% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.1% | 14.3% | 18.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.6% | 1.5% | 8.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 23.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 19.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 46.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 187.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 19.49 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day in Indonesia was 0.0% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.0% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day?
- Indonesia ranks 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $1 a day rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.