Upper middle income - 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 Upper middle income was 1.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.80 in 1981 and a minimum value of 1.40 in 2018.

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
1981 55.80
1982 54.30
1983 52.70
1984 48.60
1985 45.00
1986 41.70
1987 39.20
1988 35.20
1989 43.70
1990 42.70
1991 41.80
1992 39.70
1993 37.60
1994 35.10
1995 31.50
1996 28.90
1997 28.30
1998 27.90
1999 27.70
2000 25.10
2001 23.70
2002 21.70
2003 19.50
2004 16.40
2005 13.40
2006 12.20
2007 11.00
2008 10.30
2009 9.30
2010 8.00
2011 6.00
2012 5.10
2013 2.30
2014 2.00
2015 1.70
2016 1.60
2017 1.60
2018 1.40
2019 1.40

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 Upper middle income was 4.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.70 in 1983 and a minimum value of 4.30 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
1981 67.60
1982 67.40
1983 67.70
1984 66.60
1985 65.10
1986 62.60
1987 61.80
1988 59.90
1989 62.30
1990 61.80
1991 61.60
1992 60.50
1993 59.10
1994 56.90
1995 54.50
1996 52.60
1997 51.20
1998 50.10
1999 49.70
2000 46.50
2001 44.40
2002 41.60
2003 39.70
2004 35.90
2005 31.70
2006 29.10
2007 26.50
2008 24.80
2009 22.90
2010 20.60
2011 17.40
2012 15.30
2013 10.40
2014 8.90
2015 7.40
2016 6.50
2017 6.00
2018 5.10
2019 4.30

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 Upper middle income was 17.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.70 in 1983 and a minimum value of 17.20 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
1981 75.90
1982 76.00
1983 76.70
1984 76.40
1985 75.80
1986 74.10
1987 74.70
1988 74.70
1989 74.60
1990 74.70
1991 75.10
1992 75.40
1993 75.50
1994 75.00
1995 73.40
1996 72.50
1997 71.80
1998 71.20
1999 71.50
2000 68.60
2001 66.60
2002 64.00
2003 62.60
2004 59.30
2005 55.60
2006 52.40
2007 49.00
2008 46.30
2009 44.20
2010 41.20
2011 38.00
2012 34.80
2013 29.80
2014 26.90
2015 24.20
2016 22.20
2017 21.10
2018 19.00
2019 17.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates