Poverty headcount ratio at $3.2 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

1.2 (%) in 2018

United States of America poverty ratio at $3.2 a day was at level of 1.2 % in 2018, down from 1.5 % previous year.

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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.

Date Value Change, %
2018 1.2 -20.00%
2017 1.5 25.00%
2016 1.2 0.00%
2015 1.2 -20.00%
2014 1.5 25.00%
2013 1.2 0.00%
2012 1.2 0.00%
2011 1.2 0.00%
2010 1.2 20.00%
2009 1.0 -16.67%
2008 1.2 0.00%
2007 1.2