East Asia & Pacific 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.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2022 was 27.40%, a 0.4% decline from 2021.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2021 was 27.80%, a 5.1% decline from 2020.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2020 was 32.90%, a 0.5% increase from 2019.
- East Asia & Pacific poverty rate for 2019 was 32.40%, a 2.6% decline from 2018.
| East Asia & Pacific Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
27.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2021 |
27.80% |
-5.10% |
| 2020 |
32.90% |
0.50% |
| 2019 |
32.40% |
-2.60% |
| 2018 |
35.00% |
-3.10% |
| 2017 |
38.10% |
-2.50% |
| 2016 |
40.60% |
-3.40% |
| 2015 |
44.00% |
-3.50% |
| 2014 |
47.50% |
-3.80% |
| 2013 |
51.30% |
-5.40% |
| 2012 |
56.70% |
-3.70% |
| 2011 |
60.40% |
-3.30% |
| 2010 |
63.70% |
-4.10% |
| 2009 |
67.80% |
-3.10% |
| 2008 |
70.90% |
-2.10% |
| 2007 |
73.00% |
-3.20% |
| 2006 |
76.20% |
-2.30% |
| 2005 |
78.50% |
-2.70% |
| 2004 |
81.20% |
-2.30% |
| 2003 |
83.50% |
-2.00% |
| 2002 |
85.50% |
-2.30% |
| 2001 |
87.80% |
-1.70% |
| 2000 |
89.50% |
-1.20% |
| 1999 |
90.70% |
-0.70% |
| 1998 |
91.40% |
-0.30% |
| 1997 |
91.70% |
-0.60% |
| 1996 |
92.30% |
-1.10% |
| 1995 |
93.40% |
-1.00% |
| 1994 |
94.40% |
-0.80% |
| 1993 |
95.20% |
-0.40% |
| 1992 |
95.60% |
-0.40% |
| 1991 |
96.00% |
-0.30% |
| 1990 |
96.30% |
-0.20% |
| 1989 |
96.50% |
-0.40% |
| 1988 |
96.90% |
-0.40% |
| 1987 |
97.30% |
-0.20% |
| 1986 |
97.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1985 |
97.60% |
0.00% |
| 1984 |
97.60% |
0.10% |
| 1983 |
97.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1982 |
97.60% |
0.00% |
| 1981 |
97.60% |
0.00% |
