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The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. [9] Definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations.
Population below poverty line. 70% (2002 est.) Human Development Index. 0.724 high (2018) ... The backbone of Suriname's economy was the export of aluminium oxide ...
It has been successful with "high growth rates, low inflation, macroeconomic stability, reduction of external debt and poverty and significant advances in social and development indicators". However, 1.4% of Peru's urban population lives below the poverty line, while the rural population sits at 19.7%.
But the fact is 37.9 million Americans, or 11.5% of the population, live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau‘s 2022 report. That’s well below the country’s highest historic ...
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3] the total population was 612,985 in 2021, compared to only 215,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 28.6%, 65% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6.5% was 65 years or older . [4]
The most common method measuring and reporting poverty is the headcount ratio, given as the percentage of the population that is below the poverty line. For example, The New York Times in July 2012 reported the poverty headcount ratio as 11.1% of American population in 1973, 15.2% in 1983, and 11.3% in 2000. [ 6 ]
Population below poverty line. no data: ... Suriname 27.6% Poland 20.2% ... and cotton and sugar plantings suffer from soil depletion and the unwillingness of the ...
Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population Method Line Figure % of poor population Poor population World Bank (2021) poverty line 1.90 (PPP $ day) 6 84m [7] lower middle-income line 3.20 (PPP $ day) 26.2 365m [7] upper middle-income line 5.50 (PPP $ day) 60.1 838m [7] Asian Development Bank (2014) poverty line