China: rural population living in poverty 2020

This statistic illustrates the number of rural residents in China living below the poverty line in selected years from 2000 to 2020. Since 2000, 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.

Number of rural residents living below the poverty line* in China from 2000 to 2020 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of people in millions
2020	0
2019	5.51
2018	16.6
2017	30.46
2016	43.35
2015	55.75
2014	70.17
2013	82.49
2012	98.99
2011	122.38
2010	165.67
2005	286.62
2000	462.24

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Release date

February 2021

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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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