Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in China
21.3% of people in China lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022.
China, 2022
21.3%
Change from 2021
+0.7percentage points
World, 2022
48.3%
Median of G20 countries, 2022
12.4%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 20.6% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | – |
| 2018 | 31.6% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 35.6% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 38.0% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 41.7% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 46.1% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 51.0% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 57.4% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 62.1% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 66.1% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 72.8% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 81.6% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 89.2% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 20.6% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 57.4%, the figure has changed by −36.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.