Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Indonesia
Indonesia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 16.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Indonesia is 16.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and down 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Indonesia peaked at 94.6% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 16.4%, in 2025.
That places Indonesia 36th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.4% | 94.3% | 94.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 88.5% | 84.1% | 92.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 71.6% | 63.4% | 84.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.2% | 28.3% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.1% | 16.4% | 26.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Indonesia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Indonesia was 16.4% 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 $4.20 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.6% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.4% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Indonesia ranks 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.2%. 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 $4.20 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 $4.20 per day.