South Asia Poverty Rate 1981-2024
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.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2019 was 82.30%, a 0.2% decline from 2018.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2018 was 82.50%, a 2.6% decline from 2017.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2017 was 85.10%, a 2.1% decline from 2016.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2016 was 87.20%, a 0.4% decline from 2015.
| South Asia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
82.30% |
-0.20% |
| 2018 |
82.50% |
-2.60% |
| 2017 |
85.10% |
-2.10% |
| 2016 |
87.20% |
-0.40% |
| 2015 |
87.60% |
-0.50% |
| 2014 |
88.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2013 |
88.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2012 |
89.00% |
-0.80% |
| 2011 |
89.80% |
-1.50% |
| 2010 |
91.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2009 |
92.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
92.30% |
-0.30% |
| 2007 |
92.60% |
-0.40% |
| 2006 |
93.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2005 |
93.30% |
-0.50% |
| 2004 |
93.80% |
-0.50% |
| 2003 |
94.30% |
-0.30% |
| 2002 |
94.60% |
-1.00% |
| 1996 |
95.60% |
-0.20% |
| 1995 |
95.80% |
-0.30% |
| 1994 |
96.10% |
-0.30% |
| 1993 |
96.40% |
-0.10% |
| 1992 |
96.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1991 |
96.60% |
0.00% |
| 1990 |
96.60% |
0.00% |
| 1989 |
96.60% |
0.00% |
| 1988 |
96.60% |
-0.10% |
| 1987 |
96.70% |
-0.10% |
| 1986 |
96.80% |
-0.20% |
| 1985 |
97.00% |
-0.20% |
| 1984 |
97.20% |
-0.20% |
| 1983 |
97.40% |
-0.10% |
| 1982 |
97.50% |
0.00% |
| 1981 |
97.50% |
0.00% |
