Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity in constant prices of 2011 (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Indonesia78.6065.7041.1034.1031.2026.6027.2025.7021.6018.0014.8012.5010.809.808.607.906.705.40
Australia0.300.500.500.50
China83.0033.1020.6015.7013.206.204.703.002.201.700.800.000.000.00
Fiji1.604.70
Japan0.700.501.501.000.700.400.700.601.001.201.20
Kiribati6.10
Republic of Korea0.500.500.200.200.200.200.200.000.20
Lao People’s Democratic Republic21.7015.70
Malaysia0.400.100.100.000.00
Marshall Islands2.10
Micronesia (Federated States of)15.8026.10
Mongolia3.502.201.100.801.901.700.40
Myanmar18.2010.30
Nauru9.70
Philippines25.9021.3014.608.308.105.30
Samoa4.50
Solomon Islands62.2040.30
Thailand21.108.400.700.300.400.200.200.100.100.100.100.100.100.000.000.00
Timor-Leste44.20
Tonga4.604.000.40
Tuvalu9.00
Vanuatu25.7019.50
Viet Nam5.203.703.402.502.201.301.60
Armenia6.102.903.102.502.903.402.902.502.402.902.401.502.101.901.90
Azerbaijan0.00
Georgia35.0022.3023.6021.6018.8014.9012.0010.6010.5011.1011.009.7012.0010.807.705.80
Kazakhstan14.600.500.200.100.100.100.100.200.100.100.100.000.00
Kyrgyzstan66.2036.6012.609.3010.5013.508.1011.008.008.205.904.909.405.604.50
Tajikistan13.30
Uzbekistan93.804.404.404.10
Bangladesh41.4032.3025.1019.508.00
Bhutan3.602.600.00
India27.105.30
Maldives0.100.00
Nepal21.502.40
Pakistan79.5040.8026.7025.9021.2016.9016.50
Sri Lanka23.406.403.802.70