Social & Inequality
Poverty (national line)
SI.POV.NAHC · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, Senegal. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 20.1%2021
- Period covered
- 2003 - 202119 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 82.3%South Sudan, 2016
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 0%China, 2020
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
South Sudan82.3%2016
Sudan46.5%2009
Senegal37.5%2021
Spain20.2%2022
Italy20.1%2021
Netherlands14.5%2021
China0%2020
Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | China | South Sudan | Sudan | Senegal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.2% | ||||||
| 2021 | 20.1% | 20.4% | 14.5% | 37.5% | |||
| 2020 | 20.1% | 21.7% | 14.4% | 0% | |||
| 2019 | 20% | 21% | 13.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 2018 | 20.1% | 20.7% | 13.2% | 1.7% | 37.8% | ||
| 2017 | 20.3% | 21.5% | 13.3% | 3.1% | |||
| 2016 | 20.3% | 21.6% | 13.2% | 4.5% | 82.3% | ||
| 2015 | 20.6% | 22.3% | 12.7% | 5.7% | |||
| 2014 | 19.9% | 22.1% | 7.2% | ||||
| 2013 | 19.4% | 22.2% | 8.5% | ||||
| 2012 | 19.3% | 20.4% | 10.2% | ||||
| 2011 | 19.5% | 20.8% | 12.7% | ||||
| 2010 | 19.8% | 20.6% | 17.2% | ||||
| 2009 | 18.7% | 20.7% | 46.5% | ||||
| 2008 | 18.4% | 20.4% | |||||
| 2007 | 18.9% | 19.8% | |||||
| 2006 | 19.5% | 19.7% | |||||
| 2005 | 19.3% | 20.3% | 30.2% | ||||
| 2004 | 19.2% | 20.1% | |||||
| 2003 | 18.9% | 20.1% | |||||
| 2000 | 49.8% |
World Bank definition
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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