COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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Figure 1: GDP Per Capita (PPP) (Current International $)
Source: Own calculations from World Development Indicators of the World Bank
For most of the countries, poverty levels decreased in monetary terms for the last three decades.
Indeed, for the period 1981-2015 a significant progress is observed on the ratio of the people who
live under US$1.90. While, this ratio was 41.8 percent for upper-middle income countries, 44.8
percent for lower-middle income countries and 60,6 percent for low income countries in 1990,
these ratios fell to 1.7 percent, 13,9 percent and 43.9 percent respectively for the so-called income
groups in 2015 .
Figure 2: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day (PPP) (% of Population)
Source: World Bank
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