Lower middle income - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Lower middle income was 10.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.50 in 1981 and a minimum value of 10.90 in 2018.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 51.50
1982 51.40
1983 50.30
1984 49.30
1985 48.40
1986 48.00
1987 47.70
1988 46.60
1989 46.00
1990 44.80
1991 44.40
1992 43.60
1993 43.10
1994 42.40
1995 40.90
1996 39.50
1997 39.40
1998 40.40
1999 37.90
2001 36.70
2002 35.00
2003 34.00
2004 32.50
2005 30.80
2006 30.00
2007 28.20
2008 27.00
2009 25.70
2010 23.00
2011 19.80
2012 18.40
2013 16.80
2014 15.40
2015 14.20
2016 13.00
2017 11.90
2018 10.90

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Lower middle income was 37.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.50 in 1982 and a minimum value of 37.00 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 76.40
1982 76.50
1983 76.00
1984 75.50
1985 75.10
1986 74.90
1987 74.90
1988 74.40
1989 73.90
1990 73.30
1991 73.00
1992 72.80
1993 72.60
1994 72.50
1995 71.60
1996 70.60
1997 70.40
1998 70.70
1999 69.80
2001 68.80
2002 67.20
2003 66.20
2004 64.80
2005 63.40
2006 62.70
2007 60.80
2008 59.60
2009 58.20
2010 54.90
2011 51.60
2012 49.60
2013 47.50
2014 45.50
2015 43.40
2016 41.20
2017 39.00
2018 37.00

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Lower middle income was 68.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.40 in 1982 and a minimum value of 68.40 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 89.40
1982 89.40
1983 89.20
1984 89.00
1985 88.80
1986 88.90
1987 89.00
1988 88.90
1989 88.70
1990 88.40
1991 88.50
1992 88.70
1993 88.90
1994 88.90
1995 88.70
1996 88.40
1997 88.10
1998 88.10
1999 88.20
2001 87.40
2002 86.60
2003 85.90
2004 85.10
2005 84.30
2006 83.90
2007 82.90
2008 82.30
2009 81.60
2010 79.30
2011 77.60
2012 76.50
2013 75.20
2014 74.00
2015 72.70
2016 71.10
2017 69.70
2018 68.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates