United States of America - Poverty headcount ratio at $5.5 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

1.7 (%) in 2018

In 2018, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day for United States of America was 1.7 %. Poverty ratio at $5.5 a day of United States of America increased from 1.2 % in 1999 to 1.7 % in 2018 growing at an average annual rate of 2.40%.

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What is poverty ratio at $5.5 a day?

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.

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