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Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
East Asia & Pacific | 14.3% | |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.5% | |
Middle East & North Africa | 2.7% | |
South Asia | 36.0% | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.5% |
Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international 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.
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Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
East Asia & Pacific | 33.2% | |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 12.4% | |
Middle East & North Africa | 13.9% | |
South Asia | 70.9% | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.2% |
Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 a day at 2005 international 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.
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