Russia - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Russia was 0.05 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.54 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.05 in 2009.

Definition: Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 a day at 2005 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 3.94
1993 8.26
1996 9.01
1999 10.54
2001 5.97
2002 3.67
2003 2.95
2004 1.84
2005 1.49
2006 1.22
2007 0.29
2008 0.08
2009 0.05

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Russia was 0.00 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.81 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2008.

Definition: Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1988 0.51
1993 1.50
1996 2.81
1999 2.28
2001 0.89
2002 0.32
2003 0.33
2004 0.10
2005 0.16
2006 0.06
2007 0.02
2008 0.00
2009 0.00

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)

Definition: National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 19.70
2003 17.40
2004 14.10
2005 11.90
2006 11.10

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)

Definition: Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 30.00
2003 29.00
2004 25.20
2005 22.70
2006 21.20

Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)

Definition: Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.

Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.

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Year Value
2002 15.90
2003 13.10
2004 10.10
2005 8.10
2006 7.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates