Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) in Asia

20 countries in Asia, 2018. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.0 %
United Arab Emirates
Median country
1.4 %
half above, half below
World total
11.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.0 to 16.5
United Arab Emirates - Pakistan

How to read it

Across 20 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Pakistan (16.5 %) and the lowest in United Arab Emirates (0.0 %).

The median country is at 1.4 %: half are above, half below.

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted 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.

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Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank… · via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.DDAY) · licence

Extreme poverty over time

%

Ranking of countries

2018
In chart Share of the highest value
1United Arab Emirates0.0
2Malaysia0.0
3Cyprus0.1
4Kazakhstan0.1
5Thailand0.1
6South Korea0.2
7China0.7
8Israel0.7
9Japan1.0
10Türkiye1.0
11Mongolia1.7
12Vietnam2.2
13Armenia2.9
14Iran3.2
15Kyrgyzstan5.9
16Philippines8.3
17Georgia11.0
18Indonesia12.5
19Laos15.7
20Pakistan16.5
World Bank, WDI · SI.POV.DDAY · 2018 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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