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Poverty Headcount / China
Population & Society

China Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for China, including latest value (0), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: China
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
China · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
84 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 19.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.5 / 20
External stability 13.8 / 15
Financial robustness 9.3 / 15
Structural stability 9.5 / 10
Future capacity 8.7 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 71% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2000–2020 2000– 2020
2000 2020
Selected year: 2020 · Value: n/a 2020

China · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2000–2020
0 percent
0.6 percent
5.42 percent
58 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2000 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
India 21.9
Indonesia 9
Thailand 5.4
Germany 14.8
France 15.6

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

China Snapshot

country profile
Population 1.41 bn
GDP 18743.8 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 0.22%
Unemployment 4.62%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Upper middle income

China Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for China. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: china poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data china, china poverty headcount statistics, china percent.