Country | Year | Poverty rate (%) |
---|---|---|
Bangladesh | 2016 | 13.5 |
China | 2019 | 0.1 |
China | 2018 | 0.4 |
China | 2017 | 0.7 |
China | 2016 | 0.8 |
India | 2019 | 10.0 |
India | 2018 | 11.1 |
India | 2017 | 13.4 |
India | 2016 | 18.1 |
Pakistan | 2018 | 4.9 |
Sri Lanka | 2019 | 1.0 |
Sri Lanka | 2016 | 1.3 |
The international poverty line is set at $2.15 per person per day using 2017 prices. This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is in extreme poverty. About 648 million people globally were in this situation in 2019. [https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/measuringpoverty]