Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%) by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
6.4%
India
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.2%
Years covered
30
1992–2021
Data points
401

What the numbers show

Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 6.4% in India; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.9%.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 224.0%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 100.0%).

Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 6.4% 2011 up 27.8% rising
2 Nicaragua 4.2% 2014 up 45.1% rising
3 Burkina Faso 3.4% 2018 up 224.0% rising
4 Uganda 3.3% 2016 down 21.6% rising
5 Georgia 2.6% 2013 up 125.6% rising
6 Côte d'Ivoire 2.3% 2018 down 38.6% falling
7 Nepal 2.2% 2016 down 46.5% falling
8 Egypt 1.8% 2017 up 139.0% falling
9 North Macedonia 1.4% 2010 volatile
10 Pakistan 1.3% 2018 down 31.4% falling
11 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 down 32.2% volatile
12 Armenia 0.5% 2016 up 2.2% volatile
13 South Africa 0.4% 2014 down 60.0% falling
14 Indonesia 0.4% 2018 down 76.8% volatile
15 Peru 0.3% 2021 down 63.0% volatile
15 Mexico 0.3% 2020 up 9.7% volatile
17 Albania 0.3% 2012 down 73.8% volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 3.8% volatile
19 Viet Nam 0.2% 2020 down 90.3% volatile
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.2% 2021 up 142.9% volatile
21 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2016 down 78.1% volatile
22 Russian Federation 0.1% 2004 up 60.0% volatile
23 Estonia 0.1% 2005 down 14.3% volatile
24 Türkiye 0.1% 2013 down 72.2% volatile
25 Serbia 0.0% 2019 volatile
26 Mongolia 0.0% 2018 down 75.0% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2015 volatile
28 Romania 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
28 Ukraine 0.0% 2019 volatile
28 Bulgaria 0.0% 2018 volatile
28 Thailand 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
28 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
28 Latvia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
28 Poland 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
28 Belarus 0.0% 2020 volatile
28 Lithuania 0.0% 2008 down 100.0% volatile
28 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
39 places, 401 data points, 1992–2021
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