# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Australia

0.8999999612569809% in 2020, the latest year published. Figures for 13 years from 1981 to 2020 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2020 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| 2018 | 0.6000000052154064 |
| 2016 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 2014 | 0.6000000052154064 |
| 2010 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 2008 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 2004 | 0.7000000216066837 |
| 2003 | 1.0999999940395355 |
| 2001 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| 1995 | 0.9999999776482582 |
| 1989 | 0.800000037997961 |
| 1985 | 1.0999999940395355 |
| 1981 | 1.0999999940395355 |

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