Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — China

Extreme poverty rate in China in 2022 — 0%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 73. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 97 pp.

2022 0% +0 pp vs 2021
World rank 1of 73
Period maximum 97%1981
Period minimum 0%2019

Trend over time

1981–2022 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — China, 1981–202202550751001981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 97%1984: 91.3%1987: 81.1%1990: 83.1%1993: 77.3%1996: 62.6%1999: 58.5%2002: 47.8%2005: 32.9%2008: 26.1%2010: 20.6%2011: 15.3%2012: 12.9%2013: 6%2014: 4.6%2015: 2.9%2016: 2.1%2017: 1.6%2018: 0.7%2019: 0%2020: 0%2021: 0%2022: 0%
Change over the period: −97 pp Annual average: -2.37 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 0%
World 10.9%
Extreme poverty rate — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0 +0 pp
2021 0 +0 pp
2020 0 +0 pp
2019 0 −0.7 pp
2018 0.7 −0.9 pp
2017 1.6 −0.5 pp
2016 2.1 −0.8 pp
2015 2.9 −1.7 pp
2014 4.6 −1.4 pp
2013 6 −6.9 pp
2012 12.9 −2.4 pp
2011 15.3 −5.3 pp
2010 20.6
2008 26.1
2005 32.9
2002 47.8
1999 58.5
1996 62.6
1993 77.3
1990 83.1
1987 81.1
1984 91.3
1981 97

Eastern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.