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The poverty line for lower middle-income countries (LMICs) has moved to US$3.65 from US$3.20, while the poverty line for upper middle-income countries (UMICs) has moved to US$6.85 from US$5.50. [ 6 ] The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6. ...
Asian countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2017. This is a list of Asian countries by GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity. All figures are given in international dollars and are the latest estimates from the International Monetary Fund. [1]
This is a list of gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) for the latest year. [1] All sovereign states with United Nations membership and territory in Asia or Oceania are included on the list apart from the transcontinental countries which are included in the lists for Europe (when they are current or suspended members of the Council of Europe) or Africa in the case of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The world's 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural ...
The IHDI, estimated for the world and specific countries, captures the losses in human development due to inequality in health, education and income. Losses in all three dimensions vary across countries, ranging from just a few percent (e.g. Czech Republic and Slovenia) up to over 40% (e.g. Angola and Comoros). Overall loss takes into account ...
Countries with contiguous boundaries that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but HDI figures are given for the whole country. Macau , North Korea , and Taiwan in Asia, are not ranked as they are not included in the latest report by the United Nations Development Programme.
African and Middle Eastern countries ravaged by war and famine remain the poorest in the world, according to new published data. RANKED: The 28 poorest countries in the world — where people live ...
There are 32 countries that are classified as least developed countries in Africa, 8 in Asia, 3 in Oceania, and 1 in the Americas. The list of "least developed countries" according to the United Nations with some that are categorized into the landlocked developing countries and the Small Island Developing States: [23] Africa Angola Benin