Slovak Republic - 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 Slovak Republic was 0.12 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.36 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1988.

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 0.00
1992 0.00
1996 1.36
2004 0.43
2005 0.43
2006 0.14
2007 0.19
2008 0.17
2009 0.12

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 Slovak Republic was 0.06 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.26 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1988.

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).

See also:

Year Value
1988 0.00
1992 0.00
1996 0.26
2004 0.18
2005 0.21
2006 0.07
2007 0.10
2008 0.10
2009 0.06

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates