page_title: Head count ratio
hierarchical_section_title: Head count ratio
caption_attribution_description: South Africa Headcount Index, First Tier Cities
context_page_description: The Head count ratio is the proportion of a population that exists, or lives, below the poverty line. The Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line in India was last reported at 21.9% in 2011-12.
  Definition:-When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as 'head count ratio'.
context_section_description: The Head count ratio (HCR) is  the proportion of a population that exists, or lives, below the poverty line. The Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (percentage of population) in India was last reported at 21.9% in 2011-12.
  Definition:-When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as 'head count ratio'.
caption: Head count ratio in South Africa
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