
Cambodia: Poverty ratio
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Cambodia |
Poverty, percent of population |
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Latest value | 17.70 |
Year | 2012 |
Measure | percent |
Data availability | 2003 - 2012 |
Average | 30.49 |
Min - Max | 17.70 - 50.20 |
Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2012 is 17.7 percent, a decline from 20.5 percent in 2011. In comparison, the world average is 22.90 percent, based on data from 52 countries. Historically, the average for Cambodia from 2003 to 2012 is 30.49 percent. The minimum value, 17.7 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 50.2 percent was recorded in 2003.
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Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
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