In 2016, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day for China was 24 %. Between 2002 and 2016, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day of China was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 80.6 % in 2002 to 24 % in 2016.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.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.