Poverty, as defined by an internationally comparable poverty line based on expenditure on a food and basic non-food goods basket, is close to 30 per cent today, down from over 70 per cent in the mid-1980s.
按照以粮食和基本的非粮食货物篮支出为根据的国际可比贫穷线的定义，目前贫穷人口已从1980年代中期的70％以上降至接近30％。