Countries in Oceania by extreme poverty
The share of people living on less than $3.00 a day — the international poverty line, at 2021 prices adjusted for what money buys in each country. 6 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2019
Median country
1.5%
half above, half below| # | Country | % under $3.00 a day | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vanuatu | 19.5% | 2019 | Melanesia |
| 2 |  Fiji | 4.7% | 2019 | Melanesia |
| 3 |  Marshall Islands | 2.1% | 2019 | Micronesia |
| =4 |  Australia | 0.9% | 2020 | Australia and New Zealand |
| =4 |  Kiribati | 0.9% | 2023 | Micronesia |
| 6 |  Tonga | 0.4% | 2021 | Polynesia |
No World Bank figure for 7 countries: Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands.
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the most extreme poverty?
- Vanuatu has the most extreme poverty in Oceania: 19.5% under $3.00 a day (2019). Next come Fiji (4.7% under $3.00 a day) and the Marshall Islands (2.1% under $3.00 a day).
- Which country in Oceania has the least extreme poverty?
- Tonga, with 0.4% under $3.00 a day (2021).
- What is the typical extreme poverty of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 6 countries in Oceania is 1.5% under $3.00 a day: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- The share of people living on less than $3.00 a day — the international poverty line, at 2021 prices adjusted for what money buys in each country. Source: World Bank, mostly 2019. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 10 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.