Poverty at the national line in Cambodia in 2012 — 17.7%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 50. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 29.3 pp.
1994–2012 · % of population
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17.7 | −2.8 pp |
| 2011 | 20.5 | −1.6 pp |
| 2010 | 22.1 | −1.8 pp |
| 2009 | 23.9 | −10.1 pp |
| 2008 | 34 | — |
| 2006 | 45 | — |
| 2003 | 50.2 | — |
| 1994 | 47 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of the population below the national poverty line — the one a country has defined in its legislation or in the methodology of its statistical office. The indicator answers a question the international lines do not ask: how many people are poor by the standards of their own society. That is exactly why it is unfit for comparing countries with one another — yet it shows better than any other indicator how a country assesses poverty at home, and it is what the results of national policy are judged by.
Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: poverty lines differ between countries, and a sum of shares computed against different lines has no definition. For comparing countries there are the three international lines.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
