East asia & Pacific
Europe & central Asia
Middle East & North Africa
Latin America
Rest of the world
South Asia
Sub Saharan Africa
Million
people
250
50
100
150
200
$1.90-a-day poverty line
April 2020 WEO*
62
June 2020 GEP**-baseline
With 74 million
people living on
less than $1.90
a day, south Asia
accounts for 60%
of the world’s
additional projected
poor in 2021
88
June 2020 GEP-downside
115
Jan 2021 GEP-baseline
119
Jan 2021 GEP-downside
124
$3.20-a-day poverty line
April 2020 WEO
125
June 2020 GEP-baseline
175
June 2020 GEP-downside
223
Jan 2021 GEP-baseline
228
Jan 2021 GEP-downside
236
East asia & Pacific
Europe & central Asia
Latin America
Middle East & North Africa
Rest of the world
South Asia
Sub Saharan Africa
250
Million people
50
100
150
200
$1.90-a-day poverty line
With 74 million people
living on less than $1.90 a day,
south Asia accounts for
60% of the world’s additional
projected poor in 2021
62
April 2020 WEO*
88
June 2020 GEP**-baseline
115
June 2020 GEP-downside
119
Jan 2021 GEP-baseline
124
Jan 2021 GEP-downside
$3.20-a-day poverty line
125
April 2020 WEO
175
June 2020 GEP-baseline
223
June 2020 GEP-downside
228
Jan 2021 GEP-baseline
236
Jan 2021 GEP-downside