# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): China (rural)

0% in 2022, the latest year published. Figures for 23 years from 1981 to 2022 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9470000639557838 |
| 2017 | 3.960999846458435 |
| 2016 | 5.081000179052353 |
| 2015 | 6.695999950170517 |
| 2014 | 9.802000224590302 |
| 2013 | 12.82999962568283 |
| 2012 | 27.452999353408813 |
| 2011 | 31.33299946784973 |
| 2010 | 38.784998655319214 |
| 2008 | 44.93100047111511 |
| 2005 | 50.48099756240845 |
| 2002 | 68.52999925613403 |
| 1999 | 75.80299973487854 |
| 1996 | 75.84099769592285 |
| 1993 | 90.5049979686737 |
| 1990 | 91.37600064277649 |
| 1987 | 88.48999738693237 |
| 1984 | 94.4570004940033 |
| 1981 | 98.94999861717224 |

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