| Date - Field | China - Population below poverty line |
2009 January Population below poverty line | 8% note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.) |
2008 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2004 est.) |
2007 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2004 est.) |
2006 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2001 est.) |
2005 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2001 est.) |
2004 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2001 est.) |
2003 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2001 est.) |
2002 January Population below poverty line | 10% (2001 est.) |
2001 January Population below poverty line | 10% (1999 est.) |
2000 January Population below poverty line | 10% (1999 est.) |