| Data Item | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 814.90 | 816.83 | 818.77 | 820.70 | 829.30 | 837.90 | 846.50 | 852.87 | 859.23 | 865.60 | 874.97 | 884.33 | 893.70 | 882.90 | 872.10 | 861.30 | 867.43 | 873.57 | 879.70 | 870.40 | 861.10 | 851.80 | 823.33 | 794.87 | 766.40 | 747.10 | 727.80 | 708.50 |
The World Bank regularly calculates the total number of people in the world who live in households whose daily income is less than a dollar a person.
Source: Angus Deaton, The Great Escape (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013), pg. 45