Tunisia - 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 Tunisia was 0.20 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.10 in 1985 and a minimum value of 0.20 in 2015.

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
1985 15.10
1990 10.70
1995 11.80
2000 6.00
2005 3.40
2010 2.00
2015 0.20

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 Tunisia was 3.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.90 in 1985 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 2015.

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
1985 37.90
1990 30.50
1995 31.70
2000 22.90
2005 15.20
2010 9.20
2015 3.00

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

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
2000 25.40
2005 23.10
2010 20.50
2015 15.20

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 Tunisia was 17.50 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.80 in 1985 and a minimum value of 17.50 in 2015.

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
1985 66.80
1990 59.60
1995 60.20
2000 50.60
2005 41.50
2010 30.50
2015 17.50

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates