Cambodia - Poverty headcount ratio

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

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Cambodia was 17.70 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.20 in 2003 and a minimum value of 17.70 in 2012.

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

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2003 50.20
2006 45.00
2008 34.00
2009 23.90
2010 22.10
2011 20.50
2012 17.70

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates