China Social: Poverty and Inequality

Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

1990 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

CN: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 0.300 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.500 % for 2019. CN: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 8.550 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.500 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.300 % in 2020. CN: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.65 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
0.300 2020 yearly 1990 - 2020

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China Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

1990 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

CN: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 5.900 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.400 % for 2019. CN: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 24.400 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72.800 % in 1990 and a record low of 5.900 % in 2020. CN: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $6.85 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
5.900 2020 yearly 1990 - 2020

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China Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %

Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

1990 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 0.100 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.100 % for 2019. CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 9.350 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72.000 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2020. CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
0.100 2020 yearly 1990 - 2020

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China Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

1990 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 24.700 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 24.700 % for 2019. CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 56.500 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.000 % in 1990 and a record low of 24.700 % in 2020. CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
24.700 2020 yearly 1990 - 2020

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China Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: %

1995 - 2016 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

CN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 3.360 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.091 % for 2013. CN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 3.091 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.574 % in 2007 and a record low of 1.095 % in 1995. CN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2021. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021.; Weighted Average; This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Last Frequency Range
3.360 2016 yearly 1995 - 2016

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China Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: %

Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day

2015 - 2020 | Yearly | Intl $/Day | World Bank

CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 6.220 Intl $/Day in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.780 Intl $/Day for 2015. CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 5.500 Intl $/Day from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2020, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.220 Intl $/Day in 2020 and a record low of 4.780 Intl $/Day in 2015. CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) of the bottom 40%, used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of the bottom 40% of the population in the income distribution in a country.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Last Frequency Range
6.220 2020 yearly 2015 - 2020

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China Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day

Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day

2015 - 2020 | Yearly | Intl $/Day | World Bank

CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 13.620 Intl $/Day in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.190 Intl $/Day for 2015. CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 12.405 Intl $/Day from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2020, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.620 Intl $/Day in 2020 and a record low of 11.190 Intl $/Day in 2015. CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of total population.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Last Frequency Range
13.620 2020 yearly 2015 - 2020

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China Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day

Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %

1990 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 11.600 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.800 % for 2019. Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 14.950 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2020, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.000 % in 2010 and a record low of 8.800 % in 1990. Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Last Frequency Range
11.600 2020 yearly 1990 - 2020

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China Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %
CN: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: %
CN: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: %
CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population
CN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population
CN: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: %
CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Bottom 40% of Population: 2017 PPP per day
CN: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day
Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %
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