Poverty by Age Groups, 2006 and 2016

	Poverty Headcount Rate			Distribution of the Poor			Distribution of Population
	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change
Age				Poverty line = povline
0-5	32.1	38.5	6.4	10.7	13.3	2.6	9.6	8.7	-1.0
6-14	39.2	32.1	-7.1	28.0	18.5	-9.5	20.6	14.4	-6.1
15-19	34.2	35.4	1.2	12.5	12.1	-0.4	10.5	8.5	-2.0
20-24	30.1	28.7	-1.4	8.3	9.4	1.2	7.9	8.2	0.3
25-29	25.5	22.0	-3.5	5.6	6.6	1.1	6.3	7.5	1.3
30-34	21.1	22.6	1.4	4.5	6.5	2.0	6.2	7.2	1.1
35-39	25.9	18.9	-7.0	6.4	5.2	-1.2	7.2	6.9	-0.3
40-44	27.2	17.8	-9.3	6.2	4.4	-1.8	6.6	6.2	-0.4
45-49	22.5	19.6	-2.9	4.0	4.9	0.8	5.2	6.2	1.1
50-54	20.6	16.9	-3.7	2.7	4.5	1.8	3.7	6.6	2.9
55-59	19.2	13.0	-6.2	2.3	2.8	0.6	3.4	5.4	2.0
60-64	22.3	23.7	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.5	3.0	4.0	1.0
65+	19.1	19.8	0.7	6.5	7.9	1.4	9.8	9.9	0.1
Total	28.8	25.0	-3.8	100.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Source: SLC/HBS 2006 and 2016, Central Statistical Office