Indonesia reduces extreme poverty to 3.7%
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Indonesia lowered the percentage of its population living in extreme poverty to 3.7% in 2025, according to data compiled by Our World in Data from the World Bank.
In 1984, 86% of Indonesians lived below the international poverty line of $3 a day. Researchers Hannah Ritchie and Pablo Arriagada found the number of people experiencing this level of poverty decreased from approximately 140 million to 10 million between 1984 and 2025.
Indonesia and China began with similar rates of extreme poverty in 1984, with around 91% and 86% of their populations living below the poverty line respectively. Both countries saw increases during the 1998 Asian financial crisis, but Indonesia’s poverty rate continued to fall, reaching around 10% by 2020 while China’s rate approached zero. The authors noted the $3-a-day poverty line is low, but Indonesia also improved living standards using higher poverty thresholds.
