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China Poverty Rate 1990-2024

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.
  • China poverty rate for 2021 was 17.00%, a 7.8% decline from 2020.
  • China poverty rate for 2020 was 24.80%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
  • China poverty rate for 2019 was 24.60%, a 3.3% decline from 2018.
  • China poverty rate for 2018 was 27.90%, a 4% decline from 2017.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.70%
Colombia 38.80%
Peru 33.40%
Ecuador 31.70%
Brazil 28.40%
Iran 24.80%
Dominican Republic 23.20%
Tonga 21.50%
Paraguay 20.80%
China 17.00%
Costa Rica 14.50%
Jamaica 13.90%
Montenegro 12.20%
Thailand 12.20%
Kazakhstan 10.60%
Turkey 7.60%
Serbia 7.50%
Romania 7.10%
Bulgaria 5.80%
Malaysia 2.30%
Russia 2.00%
China Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2021 17.00% -7.80%
2020 24.80% 0.20%
2019 24.60% -3.30%
2018 27.90% -4.00%
2017 31.90% -2.20%
2016 34.10% -3.60%
2015 37.70% -4.40%
2014 42.10% -5.00%
2013 47.10% -6.90%
2012 54.00% -4.70%
2011 58.70% -3.60%
2010 62.30% -7.00%
2008 69.30% -9.30%
2005 78.60% -8.50%
2002 87.10% -6.00%
1999 93.10% -2.40%
1996 95.50% -2.60%
1993 98.10% -0.90%
1990 99.00% -0.90%