Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Indonesia
Indonesia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 75.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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 $10 a day in Indonesia stood at 75.9%. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Indonesia peaked at 99.7% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 75.9%, in 2025.
That places Indonesia 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 99.7% | — |
| 1987 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 99.2% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 99.0% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 98.1% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 99.5% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 98.8% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 98.6% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 98.1% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 96.9% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 97.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 96.9% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 96.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 97.3% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 95.4% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 95.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 95.2% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 93.1% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 90.5% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 89.6% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 87.6% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 87.6% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 87.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 82.2% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 80.0% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 78.7% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 77.8% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 79.3% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 78.0% | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 75.9% | -2.6% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 75.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.3%, 2.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 75.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31.1%, 2.4× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 98.9% | 98.1% | 99.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 96.8% | 95.2% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.3% | 79.7% | 93.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 75.9% | 79.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More reference data data for Indonesia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 6.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.58 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 38.75 (2050)
- 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 $10 a day in Indonesia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Indonesia was 75.9% 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 $10 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.9% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Indonesia ranks 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 $10 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 $10 per day.