Number of Poor - Number of poor at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

WTO Topics Poverty Number of Poor

Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Number of poor at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity (million persons)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Albania			0.0			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Angola		6.0										15.4
Argentina		2.2	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4		0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6
Armenia			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Australia				0.1				0.1
Austria		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Bangladesh		43.7	34.9	28.3						22.6
Belgium		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Benin					5.0				5.2
Bolivia		2.4	1.8		0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4
Botswana									0.3
Brazil	32.1		16.0		9.3	7.4	6.2	5.5	6.4	8.0	9.2	9.3	9.7
Bulgaria				0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Burkina Faso								7.7
Burundi							7.2
Cameroon								5.9
Canada		0.1		0.1		0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cape Verde									0.0
Chad					4.7
Chile	1.1	0.7			0.1		0.1		0.1		0.1
China	752.3		241.7	149.9	106.6	87.8	25.3	18.6	10.0	7.2
Colombia		6.6	4.2	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.						53.3
Congo, Rep.			2.0		1.7
Costa Rica	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cote d'Ivoire									6.9
Croatia				0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cyprus			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Czech Republic			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Denmark		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Djibouti						0.2	0.2				0.2
Dominican Republic		0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
Ecuador		3.6	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Egypt, Arab Rep.	4.9			1.8		1.3			1.5		3.7
El Salvador		0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Estonia			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Eswatini		0.5								0.3
Fiji							0.0
Finland		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
France		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabon			0.1								0.1
Gambia, The				0.5					0.2
Georgia		0.8	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Germany		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ghana			5.2			3.0				3.7
Greece		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Guatemala		1.1						1.3
Guinea						3.8
Guinea-Bissau				1.0
Haiti						2.5
Honduras	2.2		2.0	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4
Hungary			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Iceland			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
India					284.6
Indonesia	99.7	73.8	40.7	32.1	26.8	23.5	18.4	15.8	15.0	13.7	11.8	9.7	7.3
Ireland		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Israel			0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Italy		0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.2	1.0	0.9
Jamaica	0.1
Japan				0.0			0.9
Jordan				0.0
Kazakhstan			0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kenya			16.1						18.2
Korea, Rep.				0.2		0.1		0.1		0.1
Kyrgyz Republic		1.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Lao PDR						0.9						0.7
Latvia			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lesotho											0.6
Liberia								1.8		2.0
Lithuania			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luxembourg		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
North Macedonia				0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Madagascar			13.2	16.5		17.6
Malawi				10.3						11.9
Malaysia					0.0		0.0		0.0
Maldives										0.0
Malta				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mauritania		0.5						0.2
Mauritius						0.0					0.0
Mexico		8.9	7.0	5.2		4.5		4.5		2.7		2.2
Moldova		1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mongolia				0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Montenegro						0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Morocco	0.7	1.7					0.3
Mozambique								16.7
Myanmar									2.5		0.7
Namibia									0.3
Nepal				4.0
Netherlands	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nicaragua			0.5					0.2
Niger			10.3		8.7			8.7
Nigeria												78.5
Norway		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pakistan	65.3		30.6	14.9	15.0		12.0		8.2			9.4
Panama		0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Paraguay	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Peru		4.3	4.3	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.7
Philippines		10.7				10.1			6.3			2.9
Poland			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Portugal			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Romania				0.8	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.5
Russian Federation		4.5	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Rwanda		6.2	6.3	6.5			6.4			6.8
Samoa							0.0
Senegal			4.4		5.0
Seychelles							0.0					0.0
Sierra Leone					3.6							3.3
Slovak Republic			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1		0.0
Slovenia			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Solomon Islands			0.2			0.1
South Africa		15.8	12.3	8.3				10.4
Spain	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
Sri Lanka	1.6					0.4				0.2
St. Lucia										0.0
Sweden		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Switzerland		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tajikistan									0.3
Tanzania		28.9			23.4						27.8
Thailand	5.2	1.5		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Togo					3.6				3.7
Tonga		0.0							0.0
Tunisia	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2					0.0
Turkey			1.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3
Uganda			15.8			12.4				16.4
Ukraine			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
United Kingdom		0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
United States		2.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	4.0	4.0	3.2	4.1	3.3
Uruguay		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vanuatu				0.0
Venezuela, RB			3.7
Vietnam				3.5		2.4		2.4		1.7		1.7
Yemen, Rep.			1.9					4.7
Zambia				9.0					9.3
Zimbabwe					2.8						4.8		5.8

Number of poor at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity (million persons)

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