Figure 9 reveals again the dramatic decline in absolute poverty in China over the last thirty years. It is also noticeable that within the total amount of absolute poor a steady amount are relatively poor as well. Then between 2002 and 2005 it is clear that a new group of relative only poor emerges, as the relative poverty line moves above the dollar-a-day threshold. As absolute poverty reduction continues apace throughout the last thirty years in Brazil, the relative-only component of poverty grows substantially and comes to dominate what is meant by poor in the country.