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

27.223417162895203% in 2021, the latest year published. Figures for 5 years from 2003 to 2021 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 (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2021 | 27.223417162895203 |
| 2018 | 37.17653751373291 |
| 2015 | 65.8208966255188 |
| 2011 | 68.41086745262146 |
| 2003 | 70.45722603797913 |

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