Regions

1998 (GEP 2000)

2001 (GEP 2005)

East Asia and the Pacific w/out China

65 million

59 million

East Asia and the Pacific with China

278 million

271 million

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

24 million

17 million

Latin America and the Caribbean

78 million

50 million

Middle East and North Africa

5.5 million

7 million

South Asia

522 million

431 million

Sub-Saharan Africa

291 million

313 million

Total

1.199 billion 

1.089 billion

                 Reduction in number of poor, 1998-2001:  110 million)