Extreme poverty in China has been almost eliminated — first in urban, then in rural regions

In 1981, 97% of people in the Chinese countryside lived in extreme poverty. Even in cities, it was more than 70%.

Since then, large economic growth has made it possible for hundreds of millions of people in China to leave extreme poverty behind, first in cities and then in the countryside.

By 2020, the share of people living in extreme poverty in both urban and rural areas was below 1%.

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