National Poverty Level 2024 Percentage. These are the countries shaded in red in the chart and found in the bottom left corner. The latest global estimates of extreme poverty are for 2019.

Furthermore, this percentage surged to 11.6% in 2021, which translates to 37.9 million people living in poverty in the united states. In alaska, the federal poverty level for a single person is $18,810 and in hawaii it is $17,310.