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China Poverty Rate 1960-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • China poverty rate for 2022 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2021.
  • China poverty rate for 2021 was 0.00%, a 24.7% decline from 2020.
  • China poverty rate for 2020 was 24.70%, a 0% increase from 2019.
  • China poverty rate for 2019 was 24.70%, a 3.4% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Iraq 0.00%
Tonga 0.00%
Botswana 0.00%
Maldives 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Namibia 0.00%
Thailand 0.00%
South Africa 0.00%
Belize 0.00%
Guatemala 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Malaysia 0.00%
Samoa 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Mauritius 0.00%
Serbia 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Bosnia 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea 0.00%
Kazakhstan 0.00%
Montenegro 0.00%
Russia 0.00%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%
Bulgaria 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
North Macedonia 0.00%
Romania 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Turkey 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
China 0.00%
Fiji 0.00%
China Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 0.00% 0.00%
2021 0.00% -24.70%
2020 24.70% 0.00%
2019 24.70% -3.40%
2018 28.10% -3.90%
2017 32.00% -2.20%
2016 34.20% -3.70%
2015 37.90% -4.40%
2014 42.30% -5.00%
2013 47.30% -6.80%
2012 54.10% -4.80%
2011 58.90% -3.60%
2010 62.50% 62.50%
2009 0.00% -69.50%
2008 69.50% 69.50%
2007 0.00% 0.00%
2006 0.00% -78.50%
2005 78.50% 78.50%
2004 0.00% 0.00%
2003 0.00% -86.90%
2002 86.90% 86.90%
2001 0.00% 0.00%
2000 0.00% -93.10%
1999 93.10% 93.10%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% -95.50%
1996 95.50% 95.50%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% -97.90%
1993 97.90% 97.90%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% -99.00%
1990 99.00% 99.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%