East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate 1981-2023
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 2019 was 23.70%, a 2.7% decline from 2018.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2018 was 26.40%, a 2.9% decline from 2017.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2017 was 29.30%, a 1.9% decline from 2016.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2016 was 31.20%, a 3.1% decline from 2015.
| East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
23.70% |
-2.70% |
| 2018 |
26.40% |
-2.90% |
| 2017 |
29.30% |
-1.90% |
| 2016 |
31.20% |
-3.10% |
| 2015 |
34.30% |
-3.60% |
| 2014 |
37.90% |
-4.00% |
| 2013 |
41.90% |
-6.20% |
| 2012 |
48.10% |
-3.70% |
| 2011 |
51.80% |
-3.80% |
| 2010 |
55.60% |
-4.90% |
| 2009 |
60.50% |
-2.90% |
| 2008 |
63.40% |
-2.20% |
| 2007 |
65.60% |
-3.70% |
| 2006 |
69.30% |
-2.10% |
| 2005 |
71.40% |
-3.70% |
| 2004 |
75.10% |
-2.50% |
| 2003 |
77.60% |
-2.10% |
| 2002 |
79.70% |
-3.10% |
| 2001 |
82.80% |
-1.90% |
| 2000 |
84.70% |
-2.10% |
| 1999 |
86.80% |
-1.30% |
| 1998 |
88.10% |
-0.40% |
| 1997 |
88.50% |
-0.60% |
| 1996 |
89.10% |
-1.50% |
| 1995 |
90.60% |
-1.40% |
| 1994 |
92.00% |
-1.10% |
| 1993 |
93.10% |
-0.80% |
| 1992 |
93.90% |
-0.70% |
| 1991 |
94.60% |
-0.30% |
| 1990 |
94.90% |
-0.40% |
| 1989 |
95.30% |
-0.30% |
| 1988 |
95.60% |
-0.50% |
| 1987 |
96.10% |
-0.30% |
| 1986 |
96.40% |
-0.30% |
| 1985 |
96.70% |
-0.10% |
| 1984 |
96.80% |
-0.20% |
| 1983 |
97.00% |
0.00% |
| 1982 |
97.00% |
-0.10% |
| 1981 |
97.10% |
-0.10% |
