Poverty - Our World in Data
An absolute poverty line represents a fixed standard of living; a threshold that is held constant across time. Within the World Bank’s poverty data, absolute poverty lines also aim to represent a standard of living that is fixed across countries (by converting local currencies to international-$).
Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still …
2023年8月27日 · The $2.15 poverty line, set by the UN, shows that globally close to one in ten people live in extreme poverty. In all these statistics, the researchers are not only taking people’s monetary income into account, but also their non-monetary income and home production.
From $1.90 to $2.15 a day: the updated International Poverty Line
In the case of both the International Poverty Line and the lower-middle income poverty line, the increase across the update was roughly similar – from $1.90 to $2.15 (13%) and from $3.20 to $3.65 (14%) respectively.
World population living in extreme poverty - Our World in Data
Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than 1.90 international-$ per day. International-$ are adjusted for price differences between countries and for price changes over time (inflation). Our World in Data
Share of population living in extreme poverty
2024年10月7日 · Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $2.15 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and for differences in the cost of living between countries.
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region
2024年10月7日 · Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $2.15 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and for differences in the cost of living between countries.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere - Our World in Data
2023年7月18日 · Sustainable Development Goal 1 is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”, according to the United Nations. The visualizations and data below present the global perspective on where the world stands today and how it has changed.
Extreme poverty in China has been almost eliminated — first in …
2024年3月6日 · In 1981, 97% of people in the Chinese countryside lived in extreme poverty. Even in cities, it was more than 70%. Since then, large economic growth has made it possible for hundreds of millions of people in China to leave extreme poverty behind, first in cities and then in the countryside.
Relative poverty: Share of people below 60% of median income
2024年10月7日 · Relative poverty is measured in terms of a poverty line that rises and falls over time with average incomes — in this case set at 60% of median income.
How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty ...
2021年3月15日 · I study the data on today's global inequality to calculate the minimum aggregate growth that is required to reduce global poverty substantially.