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Mauritius

Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

12.7
percent living on less than 5.50 usd a day
Source: IMF
102
Costa Rica16.1
103
China15.8
105
Moldova13.3
106
Brazil13.1
107
Mauritius12.7
108
Panama12.1
109
Turkey10.2
110
Serbia10.1
111
Albania10
112
Romania9.2

Definition of Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

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