Poverty Rate 1990-2024
- poverty rate for 2020 was 15.20%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
- poverty rate for 2019 was 15.00%, a 0.4% decline from 2018.
- poverty rate for 2018 was 15.40%, a 1% decline from 2017.
- poverty rate for 2017 was 16.40%, a 1.1% decline from 2016.
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Country Name | % Under US $5.50 Per Day |
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Year | % Under US $5.50 Per Day | Change |
2020 | 15.20% | 0.20% |
2019 | 15.00% | -0.40% |
2018 | 15.40% | -1.00% |
2017 | 16.40% | -1.10% |
2016 | 17.50% | -0.50% |
2015 | 18.00% | 0.60% |
2014 | 17.40% | -0.10% |
2013 | 17.50% | -1.20% |
2012 | 18.70% | -0.50% |
2011 | 19.20% | -1.40% |
2010 | 20.60% | -1.00% |
2009 | 21.60% | 0.20% |
2008 | 21.40% | -4.00% |
2007 | 25.40% | -3.60% |
2006 | 29.00% | -3.70% |
2005 | 32.70% | -3.40% |
2004 | 36.10% | -4.90% |
2003 | 41.00% | -1.70% |
2002 | 42.70% | -2.90% |
2001 | 45.60% | -2.60% |
2000 | 48.20% | -4.00% |
1999 | 52.20% | 7.70% |
1998 | 44.50% | 0.60% |
1997 | 43.90% | -2.50% |
1996 | 46.40% | 3.40% |
1995 | 43.00% | -5.40% |
1994 | 48.40% | 4.40% |
1993 | 44.00% | 6.20% |
1992 | 37.80% | 5.40% |
1991 | 32.40% | 3.10% |
1990 | 29.30% | 3.10% |