Income poverty and inequality

The estimated proportion of people in the Asia-Pacific region living on less than $1.25 a day (2005 PPP) in 2011 is 18%, a significant drop from the estimated proportion in 1990, which was 52%. This proportion represents 772 million people living in extreme poverty throughout Asia and the Pacific in 2011, a significant reduction from more than 1.7 billion people living under the same circumstances in 1990.

Related Subject(s): Population et démographie