China Poverty Rate 1990-2023
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 24.70%, a 3.4% decline from 2018.
- China poverty rate for 2018 was 28.10%, a 3.9% decline from 2017.
- China poverty rate for 2017 was 32.00%, a 2.2% decline from 2016.
- China poverty rate for 2016 was 34.20%, a 3.7% decline from 2015.
| China Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
24.70% |
-3.40% |
| 2018 |
28.10% |
-3.90% |
| 2017 |
32.00% |
-2.20% |
| 2016 |
34.20% |
-3.70% |
| 2015 |
37.90% |
-4.40% |
| 2014 |
42.30% |
-5.00% |
| 2013 |
47.30% |
-6.80% |
| 2012 |
54.10% |
-4.80% |
| 2011 |
58.90% |
-3.60% |
| 2010 |
62.50% |
-7.00% |
| 2008 |
69.50% |
-9.00% |
| 2005 |
78.50% |
-8.40% |
| 2002 |
86.90% |
-6.20% |
| 1999 |
93.10% |
-2.40% |
| 1996 |
95.50% |
-2.40% |
| 1993 |
97.90% |
-1.10% |
| 1990 |
99.00% |
-1.10% |
