COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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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 inmonetary terms for the last three decades.
Indeed, for the period 1981-2013 a significant progress is observed on the ratio of the people
who live under US$1.25. While, this ratio was 43.2 percent for upper-middle income countries,
42.3 percent for lower-middle income countries and 66,9 percent for low income countries in
1990, these ratios fell to 2.7 percent, 16,4 percent and 46.2 percent respectively for the so-called
income groups in 2013 .
Figure 2: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day (PPP) (% of Population)
Source: Own calculation, from World Development Indicators of the World Bank
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