Most remarkably, the poverty rate in East Asia & The Pacific fell from over 65 percent in 1990 to one percent in 2022, underlining the rapid increase of living standards in the region over the past three decades. Also South Asia has seen a remarkable reduction of poverty during the period, from around 50 percent in 1990 to less than 10 in 2022. As of 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa was the region with the highest share of people living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars per day, but also here there has been a poverty reduction since 1990.
Share of people living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars worldwide from 1990 to 2022, by region
(in 2017 PPP)
The World Bank's poverty data is based on more than 2,000 household surveys in 169 countries. For more information on methodology, please visit the source page.
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