South Asia Poverty Rate 1981-2025
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 2022 was 78.80%, a 2.1% decline from 2021.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2021 was 80.90%, a 1% decline from 2020.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2020 was 81.90%, a 1.5% increase from 2019.
- South Asia poverty rate for 2019 was 80.40%, a 1.9% decline from 2018.
| South Asia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
78.80% |
-2.10% |
| 2021 |
80.90% |
-1.00% |
| 2020 |
81.90% |
1.50% |
| 2019 |
80.40% |
-1.90% |
| 2018 |
82.30% |
-2.60% |
| 2017 |
84.90% |
-2.20% |
| 2016 |
87.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2015 |
87.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2014 |
88.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2013 |
88.50% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
89.20% |
-0.90% |
| 2011 |
90.10% |
-1.40% |
| 2010 |
91.50% |
-0.80% |
| 2009 |
92.30% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
92.60% |
-0.30% |
| 2007 |
92.90% |
-0.30% |
| 2006 |
93.20% |
-0.40% |
| 2005 |
93.60% |
-0.40% |
| 2004 |
94.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2003 |
94.50% |
-0.30% |
| 2002 |
94.80% |
-0.80% |
| 1996 |
95.60% |
-0.30% |
| 1995 |
95.90% |
-0.20% |
| 1994 |
96.10% |
-0.30% |
| 1993 |
96.40% |
0.00% |
| 1992 |
96.40% |
-0.20% |
| 1991 |
96.60% |
-0.10% |
| 1990 |
96.70% |
0.00% |
| 1989 |
96.70% |
0.00% |
| 1988 |
96.70% |
-0.10% |
| 1987 |
96.80% |
-0.10% |
| 1986 |
96.90% |
-0.10% |
| 1985 |
97.00% |
-0.20% |
| 1984 |
97.20% |
-0.20% |
| 1983 |
97.40% |
-0.20% |
| 1982 |
97.60% |
-0.10% |
| 1981 |
97.70% |
-0.10% |
