World Development Indicators: Poverty rates at international poverty lines Part 2
1990
1993
1996
1999
2002
2005
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
East Asia & Pacific
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
65.4
57.9
45.0
42.2
32.7
21.2
17.4
13.2
10.3
8.8
4.5
2.7
1.6
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.0
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
52.1
49.0
43.2
41.4
35.7
28.3
26.7
23.5
20.7
18.8
10.9
7.1
4.9
3.7
3.5
3.5
3.1
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
95.1
95.4
95.4
95.4
95.2
95.1
95.5
95.5
95.5
98.0
97.6
97.6
97.4
97.4
94.5
94.5
94.4
Europe & Central Asia
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
3.8
6.4
8.2
10.0
7.4
4.7
1.4
1.2
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
0.9
1.5
2.1
2.6
2.1
1.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
84.4
87.2
97.0
99.5
99.0
98.9
93.1
91.0
90.8
90.7
90.6
89.7
89.4
87.4
93.3
93.2
93.1
Latin America & Caribbean
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
16.3
15.6
15.3
15.1
12.6
10.7
7.0
5.9
5.5
5.1
4.6
4.1
4.2
4.2
3.8
4.5
3.5
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
3.6
3.6
4.1
4.2
4.0
4.2
3.2
3.1
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.2
4.0
3.9
3.3
3.9
3.2
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
85.9
91.4
95.1
96.8
96.7
95.6
95.2
89.6
92.0
92.1
92.1
92.6
87.6
87.7
86.3
86.4
86.4
Middle East & North Africa
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
6.3
5.2
4.3
3.7
..
2.7
2.6
2.0
2.2
2.3
2.5
3.7
4.7
..
..
..
..
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
..
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.8
2.8
..
..
..
..
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
75.9
75.4
86.4
75.5
..
85.4
85.2
80.8
97.3
97.4
91.5
77.8
51.3
..
..
..
..
South Asia
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
50.0
46.2
42.2
..
40.4
35.5
30.9
25.4
21.6
19.9
18.9
16.6
10.1
10.6
13.0
11.5
9.7
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
28.4
28.5
30.4
..
34.8
38.6
39.4
38.2
36.8
36.3
39.2
37.4
27.5
28.7
32.2
29.1
26.2
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
97.3
98.8
98.6
..
98.6
98.4
98.4
98.3
98.3
98.2
98.2
96.5
96.5
96.4
83.1
83.0
82.8
Sub-Saharan Africa
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
54.7
58.2
57.4
56.4
54.4
48.7
44.5
42.1
41.0
39.8
38.9
38.2
36.9
36.7
..
..
..
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
14.1
16.5
19.2
20.1
22.7
26.3
29.2
33.5
37.5
39.6
44.3
48.9
59.5
59.7
..
..
..
Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
53.2
71.1
70.1
75.0
81.3
89.0
89.3
91.9
93.0
89.8
91.5
89.6
71.1
54.1
..
..
..
World
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)
37.9
35.6
31.1
30.3
26.9
21.6
18.6
15.9
14.0
13.1
11.6
10.6
8.8
8.9
9.7
9.5
9.0
Share of total poor population (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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Survey coverage for poverty headcount ratio (at $2.15 a day, 2017 PPP)
85.4
88.6
89.9
69.5
89.7
94.7
94.5
91.4
93.9
95.1
94.7
93.4
86.5
78.7
67.0
66.7
63.9

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