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The decision follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert different currencies into a common, comparable unit and account for price differences across countries. The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day is based on 2017 PPPs. [7]
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty See also the categories Distribution of wealth and Income distribution
The proportion of the world's population living in countries where per-capita food supplies are less than 2,200 calories (9,200 kilojoules) per day decreased from 56% in the mid-1960s to below 10% by the 1990s. Between 1950 and 1999, global literacy increased from 52% to 81% of the world.
The indicators used in the 2022 report were life expectancy at birth; expected years of schooling for children; mean years of schooling for adults; and gross national income per capita. The indicators are used to create a health index, an education index and an income index, each with a value between 0 and 1.
To assist in measuring this, the World Bank has a daily per capita international poverty line (IPL), a global absolute minimum, of $2.15 a day as of September 2022. [ 17 ] The new IPL replaces the $1.25 per day figure, which used 2005 data. [ 18 ]
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty See also the categories Distribution of wealth , Wealth by country , Poverty by country , and Economics lists by country
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices "HDI" redirects here. For other uses, see HDI (disambiguation). For the complete ranking of countries, see List of countries by Human Development Index. World map of countries and territories by HDI scores in ...
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 ...