Ratio of residents living below the extreme poverty line in China 2000-2020

Published by C. Textor, Mar 12, 2021
Since 2000, the share of people living in extreme poverty in rural China has been constantly decreasing. In 2020, the Chinese government announced that - based on the current definition of poverty - all residents in China have been relieved from extreme poverty.

Ratio of residents living below the poverty line in China from 2000 to 2020

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Release date

February 2021

Region

China

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The current poverty threshold in rural China is 2,300 yuan per person per year (at 2010 constant prices).
One yuan equals approximately 0.15 U.S. dollars and 0.13 euros (as of February 2021).
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.

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