China Poverty Rate 1990-2024
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 2021 was 17.00%, a 7.8% decline from 2020.
- China poverty rate for 2020 was 24.80%, a 0.2% increase from 2019.
- China poverty rate for 2019 was 24.60%, a 3.3% decline from 2018.
- China poverty rate for 2018 was 27.90%, a 4% decline from 2017.
China Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2021 |
17.00% |
-7.80% |
2020 |
24.80% |
0.20% |
2019 |
24.60% |
-3.30% |
2018 |
27.90% |
-4.00% |
2017 |
31.90% |
-2.20% |
2016 |
34.10% |
-3.60% |
2015 |
37.70% |
-4.40% |
2014 |
42.10% |
-5.00% |
2013 |
47.10% |
-6.90% |
2012 |
54.00% |
-4.70% |
2011 |
58.70% |
-3.60% |
2010 |
62.30% |
-7.00% |
2008 |
69.30% |
-9.30% |
2005 |
78.60% |
-8.50% |
2002 |
87.10% |
-6.00% |
1999 |
93.10% |
-2.40% |
1996 |
95.50% |
-2.60% |
1993 |
98.10% |
-0.90% |
1990 |
99.00% |
-0.90% |