Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in China
0.5% of people in China lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022.
China, 2022
0.5%
Change from 2021
+0.2percentage points
World, 2022
20.5%
Median of G20 countries, 2022
1.4%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in China over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | – |
| 2018 | 5.5% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 25.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 34.9% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 41.3% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 50.5% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 63.7% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 0.3% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 25.1%, the figure has changed by −24.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.