Table 5.
Urban and rural poverty measures for 1993 and 2002 using the $1.08-a-day poverty line
| Number of poor (in millions) |
Headcount index, % |
Urban share of the poor, % | Urban share of population, % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | |||
| 1993 | ||||||||
| EAP | 28.71 | 407.17 | 435.88 | 5.55 | 35.47 | 26.17 | 6.59 | 31.09 |
| China | 10.98 | 331.38 | 342.36 | 3.33 | 39.05 | 29.05 | 3.21 | 29.77 |
| ECA | 6.12 | 6.37 | 12.49 | 2.06 | 3.66 | 2.65 | 48.98 | 63.06 |
| LAC | 26.07 | 28.55 | 54.62 | 7.82 | 22.38 | 11.85 | 47.73 | 72.33 |
| MNA | 0.77 | 4.29 | 5.07 | 0.61 | 3.76 | 2.09 | 15.29 | 52.82 |
| SAS | 107.48 | 383.30 | 490.78 | 35.30 | 43.55 | 41.43 | 21.90 | 25.70 |
| India | 94.28 | 324.55 | 418.83 | 40.06 | 48.88 | 46.57 | 22.51 | 26.17 |
| SSA | 66.42 | 206.73 | 273.15 | 40.21 | 53.07 | 49.24 | 24.32 | 29.78 |
| Total | 235.58 | 1,036.41 | 1,271.99 | 13.50 | 36.58 | 27.78 | 18.52 | 38.12 |
| Total excluding China | 224.60 | 705.03 | 929.63 | 15.86 | 35.53 | 27.34 | 24.16 | 41.64 |
| 2002 | ||||||||
| EAP | 16.27 | 223.23 | 239.50 | 2.28 | 19.83 | 13.03 | 6.79 | 38.79 |
| China | 4.00 | 175.01 | 179.01 | 0.80 | 22.44 | 13.98 | 2.24 | 37.68 |
| ECA | 2.48 | 4.94 | 7.42 | 0.83 | 2.87 | 1.57 | 33.40 | 63.45 |
| LAC | 38.33 | 26.60 | 64.93 | 9.49 | 21.15 | 12.26 | 59.03 | 76.24 |
| MNA | 1.21 | 4.88 | 6.09 | 0.75 | 3.82 | 2.11 | 19.87 | 55.75 |
| SAS | 125.40 | 394.34 | 519.74 | 32.21 | 39.05 | 37.15 | 24.13 | 27.83 |
| India | 106.64 | 316.42 | 423.06 | 36.20 | 41.96 | 40.34 | 25.21 | 28.09 |
| SSA | 98.84 | 228.77 | 327.61 | 40.38 | 50.86 | 47.17 | 30.17 | 35.24 |
| Total | 282.52 | 882.77 | 1165.29 | 12.78 | 29.32 | 22.31 | 24.24 | 42.34 |
| Total excluding China | 278.52 | 707.76 | 986.28 | 16.28 | 31.72 | 25.02 | 28.24 | 43.40 |
Source: ref. 3.