South Asia poverty rate for 2024 was 76.40%, a 2.4% decline from 2023.
South Asia poverty rate for 2023 was 78.80%, a 2.6% decline from 2022.
South Asia poverty rate for 2022 was 81.40%, a 2% decline from 2021.
South Asia poverty rate for 2021 was 83.40%, a 1.5% decline from 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: South Asia Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.