This statistic shows the percentage of people whose income was less than 1.25 U.S. dollars per day in various regions across the world in 1990, 2011, and projection for 2015. As of 2011, almost 47% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa was living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day. In 2011, 6 percent of the total population in Eastern Asia (China only) had an income of less than 1.25 U.S. dollars per day, which was a reduction from 61 percent in 1990.
Percentage of people living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by region
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United Nations. (July 30, 2015). Percentage of people living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/293144/people-in-extreme-poverty/
United Nations. "Percentage of people living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by region." Chart. July 30, 2015. Statista. Accessed February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/293144/people-in-extreme-poverty/
United Nations. (2015). Percentage of people living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 23, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/293144/people-in-extreme-poverty/
United Nations. "Percentage of People Living on Less than 1.25 U.S. Dollars a Day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/293144/people-in-extreme-poverty/
United Nations, Percentage of people living on less than 1.25 U.S. dollars a day in 1990, 2011, and 2015, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/293144/people-in-extreme-poverty/ (last visited February 23, 2020)
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