Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 21.28 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of), 1981–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of) is 21.28, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 100 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 20.62, in 2021.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 57th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 100 | — |
| 1984 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 99.82 | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 99.25 | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 98.56 | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 96.48 | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 94.47 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 89.17 | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 81.62 | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 72.82 | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 66.1 | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 62.07 | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 57.38 | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 51.04 | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 46.14 | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 41.71 | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 37.97 | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 35.6 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 31.57 | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 28.28 | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 28.96 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 20.62 | -28.8% |
| 2022 | 21.28 | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.94 | 99.82 | 100 | 3 |
| 1990s | 97.19 | 94.47 | 99.25 | 4 |
| 2000s | 81.2 | 72.82 | 89.17 | 3 |
| 2010s | 45.79 | 28.28 | 66.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.62 | 20.62 | 28.96 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 7 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 0.999 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 6,418 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.5767 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 22.1 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 22.1 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 4.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.132 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in China (People’s Republic of) was 21.28 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1981.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.62 in 2021.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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