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.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.20 | 1.20 |
| China | 83.00 | 33.10 | 20.60 | 15.70 | 13.20 | 6.20 | 4.70 | 3.00 | 2.20 | 1.70 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 5.10 | 1.40 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.20 | ||||
| France | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
| United Kingdom | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |