2009 The Millennium Development Goals Report-Stat Annex.pdf

1 Or7 The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 2 Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Target 1.A Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day Indicator 1.1 Proportion of population living below $1 (PPP) per day Percentage of people living on less than $1.25 purchasing power parity (2005 PPP) per day 1/, 2/ 1990 1999 2005 Developing Regions 45.5 32.9 26.6 Northern Africa 4.5 4.4 2.6 Sub-Saharan Africa 57.4 58.2 50.7 Latin America and the Caribbean 11.3 10.9 8.2 Caribbean 28.8 25.4 25.8 Latin America 10.5 10.2 7.4 Eastern Asia 60.1 35.6 15.9 Southern Asia 49.5 42.2 38.6 Southern Asia excluding India 44.6 35.3 30.7 South-Eastern Asia 39.2 35.3 18.9 Western Asia 2.2 4.1 5.8 Oceania - - - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 2.7 7.8 5.3 CIS, Asia 6.3 22.3 19.2 CIS, Europe 1.6 3.0 0.3 Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe 0.1 1.9 0.5 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 63.3 60.4 53.4 Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 49.1 50.7 42.8 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 32.4 27.7 27.5 1/ High-income economies, as defined by the World Bank, are excluded. 2/ Estimates by the World Bank, April 2009. Indicator 1.2 Poverty gap ratio Poverty gap ratio at $1.25 a day (2005 PPP), percentage 1/, 2/ 1990 1999 2005 Developing Regions 15.6 11.6 8.0 Northern Africa 0.8 0.8 0.5 Sub-Saharan Africa 26.2 25.7 20.6 Latin America and the Caribbean 3.9 3.8 2.8 Caribbean 13.4 12.7 12.8 Latin America 3.5 3.4 2.3 Eastern Asia 20.7 11.1 4.0 Southern Asia 14.5 11.2 9.8 Southern Asia excluding India 14.2 9.9 8.1 South-Eastern Asia 11.1 9.6 4.2 Western Asia 0.6 1.0 1.5 Oceania - - - Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 0.9 2.5 1.5 CIS, Asia 2.1 7.5 5.4 CIS, Europe 0.5 0.8 0.1 Transition countries in South-Eastern Europe 0.0 0.5 0.2 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 27.5 24.7 19.9 L