COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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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 countries, poverty levels decreased inmonetary terms for the last three decades. Indeed,
for the period 1981-2018 a significant progress was recorded in terms of the ratio of 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 .7
Figure 2: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day (PPP) (% of Population)
Source: World Bank
7 Latest figure available is for 2015.
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