East Asia & Pacific 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.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2022 was 29.20%, a 0.4% decline from 2021.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2021 was 29.60%, a 2.9% decline from 2020.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2020 was 32.50%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2019 was 32.30%, a 2.6% decline from 2018.
| East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
29.20% |
-0.40% |
| 2021 |
29.60% |
-2.90% |
| 2020 |
32.50% |
0.20% |
| 2019 |
32.30% |
-2.60% |
| 2018 |
34.90% |
-3.20% |
| 2017 |
38.10% |
-2.20% |
| 2016 |
40.30% |
-3.30% |
| 2015 |
43.60% |
-3.70% |
| 2014 |
47.30% |
-3.90% |
| 2013 |
51.20% |
-5.40% |
| 2012 |
56.60% |
-3.60% |
| 2011 |
60.20% |
-3.30% |
| 2010 |
63.50% |
-4.20% |
| 2009 |
67.70% |
-3.10% |
| 2008 |
70.80% |
-2.10% |
| 2007 |
72.90% |
-3.10% |
| 2006 |
76.00% |
-2.20% |
| 2005 |
78.20% |
-2.70% |
| 2004 |
80.90% |
-2.20% |
| 2003 |
83.10% |
-2.10% |
| 2002 |
85.20% |
-2.60% |
| 2001 |
87.80% |
-1.70% |
| 2000 |
89.50% |
-1.20% |
| 1999 |
90.70% |
-0.70% |
| 1998 |
91.40% |
-0.20% |
| 1997 |
91.60% |
-0.70% |
| 1996 |
92.30% |
-1.00% |
| 1995 |
93.30% |
-0.90% |
| 1994 |
94.20% |
-0.80% |
| 1993 |
95.00% |
-0.50% |
| 1992 |
95.50% |
-0.50% |
| 1991 |
96.00% |
-0.30% |
| 1990 |
96.30% |
-0.20% |
| 1989 |
96.50% |
-0.40% |
| 1988 |
96.90% |
-0.30% |
| 1987 |
97.20% |
-0.20% |
| 1986 |
97.40% |
-0.10% |
| 1985 |
97.50% |
0.00% |
| 1984 |
97.50% |
0.00% |
| 1983 |
97.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1982 |
97.60% |
0.00% |
| 1981 |
97.60% |
97.60% |
| 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% |
