Switzerland - 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 Switzerland was 0.000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 1982 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

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
1982 0.700
1992 0.500
2000 0.000
2002 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.100
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000

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 Switzerland was 0.000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

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
1982 0.700
1992 0.700
2000 0.200
2002 0.000
2006 0.100
2007 0.100
2008 0.100
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.100
2017 0.000
2018 0.000

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Switzerland was 15.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 13.80 in 2013.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2006 15.00
2007 15.70
2008 15.60
2009 15.00
2010 15.00
2011 15.90
2012 14.50
2013 13.80
2014 15.60
2015 14.70
2016 15.50
2017 14.60
2018 16.00
2019 15.50

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 Switzerland was 0.100 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2011.

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
1982 0.700
1992 1.000
2000 0.200
2002 0.200
2006 0.300
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.100
2014 0.100
2015 0.000
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates