Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Asia Ranking

percent living on less than 1.90 usd a daySource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Uzbekistan	61.6	2003	1	57.5
2 ↑	Turkmenistan	49.8	1998	19
3	India	22.5	2011	3	32.8
4 ↓	Nepal	15	2010	2	49.9
5 ↓	Bangladesh	14.3	2016	4	19.2
6 ↓	Laos	10	2018	5	14.5
7 ↑	Pakistan	4.4	2018	8	4
8	Tajikistan	4.1	2015	8	4
9 ↓	Philippines	2.7	2018	6	6.1
10	Indonesia	2.2	2021	10	2.3
11 ↑	Vietnam	1.8	2018	13	1.8
12 ↓	Bhutan	1.5	2017	11	2.2
13 ↓	Burma (Myanmar)	1.4	2017	7	4.8
14	Kyrgyzstan	1.1	2020	14	0.6
15 ↓	Sri Lanka	0.9	2016	12	1.9
16 ↑	Japan	0.7	2013	19	0
17 ↓	Mongolia	0.5	2018	15	0.5
18 ↓	South Korea	0.2	2016	17	0.2
19 ↓	China	0.1	2019	16	0.3
20 ↓	Maldives	0	2019	19	0
20 ↓	Kazakhstan	0	2018	19	0
20 ↓	Azerbaijan	0	2005	19	0
20 ↓	Malaysia	0	2015	19	0
20 ↓	Russia	0	2020	19	0
20 ↓	Thailand	0	2020	18	0.1

Definition of Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.