East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate 1981-2020
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.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2018 was 25.60%, a 9.3% decline from 2015.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2015 was 34.90%, a 7.5% decline from 2013.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2013 was 42.40%, a 5.9% decline from 2012.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2012 was 48.30%, a 4% decline from 2011.
| East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
25.60% |
-9.30% |
| 2015 |
34.90% |
-7.50% |
| 2013 |
42.40% |
-5.90% |
| 2012 |
48.30% |
-4.00% |
| 2011 |
52.30% |
-3.80% |
| 2010 |
56.10% |
-7.70% |
| 2008 |
63.80% |
-7.80% |
| 2005 |
71.60% |
-8.30% |
| 2002 |
79.90% |
-7.10% |
| 1999 |
87.00% |
-2.30% |
| 1996 |
89.30% |
-3.90% |
| 1993 |
93.20% |
-2.00% |
| 1990 |
95.20% |
-1.00% |
| 1987 |
96.20% |
-0.60% |
| 1984 |
96.80% |
-0.30% |
| 1981 |
97.10% |
-0.30% |
