Table 3.
Number of ‘COVID-19 poor’ in 2020 and their regional distribution based on IMF (2020b).
Source: authors’ calculations
| Region | Poverty line (PPP$/day) | Number of poor (millions) Actual |
Number of poor (millions) Predicted | Number of poor (millions) Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Asia and Pacific | 1.90 | 36.26 (3.91%) | 37.19 (3.79%) | 0.93 (1.78%) |
| Europe and Central Asia | 1.90 | 28.66 (3.09%) | 28.80 (2.94%) | 0.14 (0.27%) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 1.90 | 26.01 (2.80%) | 28.77 (2.93%) | 2.76 (5.26%) |
| Middle East and North Africa | 1.90 | 15.60 (1.68%) | 17.66 (1.80%) | 2.05 (3.91%) |
| South Asia | 1.90 | 332.90 (35.87%) | 368.92 (37.62%) | 36.02 (68.58%) |
| North America | 1.90 | 4.13 (0.44%) | 4.33 (0.44%) | 0.21 (0.40%) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.90 | 484.52 (52.21%) | 494.92 (50.47%) | 10.40 (19.81%) |
| World | 1.90 | 928.08 | 980.60 | 52.52 |
Based on 194 countries. Figures in parentheses denote the share of the regional figure in the total