IDA total - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in IDA total was 27.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.10 in 1991 and a minimum value of 27.60 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1989 55.30
1990 55.80
1991 56.10
1992 54.80
1993 54.40
1994 54.30
1995 52.30
1996 51.00
1997 50.80
1998 50.90
1999 50.80
2000 50.40
2001 49.60
2002 48.80
2003 47.10
2004 43.80
2005 41.60
2006 40.00
2007 38.30
2008 36.90
2009 36.00
2010 34.10
2011 33.10
2012 32.40
2013 31.50
2014 30.50
2015 30.50
2016 30.10
2017 29.00
2018 28.00
2019 27.60

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in IDA total was 54.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.10 in 1991 and a minimum value of 54.80 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1989 78.50
1990 78.90
1991 79.10
1992 78.60
1993 78.50
1994 78.70
1995 77.40
1996 76.40
1997 76.20
1998 76.10
1999 76.60
2000 76.70
2001 76.50
2002 76.20
2003 75.20
2004 72.60
2005 70.90
2006 69.60
2007 68.00
2008 66.80
2009 65.80
2010 63.90
2011 62.90
2012 62.10
2013 60.90
2014 59.70
2015 59.30
2016 58.20
2017 56.50
2018 55.10
2019 54.80

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in IDA total was 81.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.30 in 1994 and a minimum value of 81.40 in 2019.

Definition: 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.

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 mor

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Year Value
1989 91.60
1990 91.90
1991 92.00
1992 92.20
1993 92.30
1994 92.30
1995 91.80
1996 91.30
1997 91.10
1998 90.70
1999 91.20
2000 91.30
2001 91.30
2002 91.30
2003 91.10
2004 90.00
2005 89.40
2006 88.80
2007 88.20
2008 87.60
2009 87.20
2010 86.40
2011 85.90
2012 85.70
2013 85.20
2014 84.40
2015 84.00
2016 83.30
2017 82.40
2018 81.70
2019 81.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates