Switzerland · Extreme Poverty ($3.00 a day) · % of population

## What this measures

The share of people in Switzerland living on less than $3.00 a day, in 2021 international dollars adjusted for purchasing power. It is the World Bank's international extreme-poverty line and the measure for UN Sustainable Development Goal target 1.1. Percent of population, from household income or consumption surveys.

## Why it matters

It is the floor of the income distribution: how many people have almost nothing. It moves with growth, inflation, transfers and shocks, and it shows how exposed a place is to unrest when food and fuel prices rise.

## How to read it

Lower is better. In high-income and most upper-middle-income economies it sits near zero; the readable movement is in lower-income ones. Compare survey years with each other, and read the direction more than the level.

## What it does not say

Points exist only for years with a household survey, so the series has gaps, and Palanor does not fill them (the world aggregate is modelled by the World Bank). Some countries measure consumption and others income, which limits comparison between them. The line moved to $3.00 (2021 PPP) in 2025, and the World Bank restated the full history on the new line. Published with a lag of one to two years.

## Source

World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, via World Development Indicators, indicator `SI.POV.DDAY`. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week (/api/cron/sovereign-sync), so revisions carry through.