China Poverty Rate 1990-2022
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.
- China poverty rate for 2019 was 15.80%, a 3.2% decline from 2018.
- China poverty rate for 2018 was 19.00%, a 3.3% decline from 2017.
- China poverty rate for 2017 was 22.30%, a 1.7% decline from 2016.
- China poverty rate for 2016 was 24.00%, a 3.2% decline from 2015.
| China Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
15.80% |
-3.20% |
| 2018 |
19.00% |
-3.30% |
| 2017 |
22.30% |
-1.70% |
| 2016 |
24.00% |
-3.20% |
| 2015 |
27.20% |
-4.30% |
| 2014 |
31.50% |
-4.90% |
| 2013 |
36.40% |
-8.00% |
| 2012 |
44.40% |
-4.80% |
| 2011 |
49.20% |
-4.30% |
| 2010 |
53.50% |
-7.20% |
| 2008 |
60.70% |
-9.80% |
| 2005 |
70.50% |
-10.10% |
| 2002 |
80.60% |
-8.30% |
| 1999 |
88.90% |
-3.40% |
| 1996 |
92.30% |
-4.00% |
| 1993 |
96.30% |
-1.80% |
| 1990 |
98.10% |
-1.80% |
