Poverty rate at national poverty lines in China
0.0% of people in China lived below the national poverty line in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
China, 2020
0.0%
Change from 2019
−0.6percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2020
15.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 5.7% |
| 2014 | 7.2% |
| 2013 | 8.5% |
| 2012 | 10.2% |
| 2011 | 12.7% |
| 2010 | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 30.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 0.6% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 17.2%, the figure has changed by −17.2 percentage points.