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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.
In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries. [5] [6] In September 2022, the World Bank updated the International Poverty Line (IPL), a global absolute minimum, to $2.15 per day [7] (in PPP). In addition, as of ...
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 $ 1.51 per person per day [8] Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) urban poverty line Rs 32 per person per day consumption [9] rural poverty ...
The poverty line threshold of $1.90 per day, as set by the World Bank, is controversial. Each nation has its own threshold for absolute poverty line; in the United States, for example, the absolute poverty line was US$15.15 per day in 2010 (US$22,000 per year for a family of four), [ 22 ] while in India it was US$1.0 per day [ 23 ] and in China ...
The bank expects the world economy to expand 2.7% in 2025 and again in 2026. It just isn’t growing fast enough to bring relief to the world’s poorest, the World Bank said Thursday in its ...
The percentage figures for citizens living below the poverty line are provided by either the CIA World Factbook (2007) or the World Bank (2012) [10] [11] [12] There is no data available for eleven European states.
2021 29.2 2021 Switzerland: Western Europe: High income 33.7 2020 33.82 2021 Chile: South America: High income 43.0 2022 44.50 2022 44.8 2022 China: Eastern Asia: Upper middle income 35.7 2021 36.67 2020 Ivory Coast: Western Africa: Lower middle income 35.3 2021 37.17 2019 Cameroon: Middle Africa: Lower middle income 42.2 2021
Poverty in Pakistan has been recorded by the World Bank at 18.7-25.3% using the lower middle-income poverty rate of US$ 3.2 per day for the fiscal year 2024–25. [1] In September 2021, the government stated that 22% percent of its population lives below the national poverty line [ 2 ] set at Rs.