Percentage in Poverty by Region 100 Total 一 East asia& Pacific …… Latin america& c Caribbean ▲- South asia 570 .-Sub-Saharan Africa 三:二 =·▲= 20 10 198119841987199019931996199920022005 Ye ear Fig 9 World Bank estimates of percentage in poverty for all low-and middle-income countries and by region, poverty line per capita household consumption less than $1. 25 per day, 2005 U S dollars. Data are from Chen and Ravallion(2010)Percentage in Poverty by Region