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• Global Extreme Poverty

Charts

• Comparison of extreme poverty estimates, Povcal vs Bradshaw & Mayhew (2011)
• Data deprivation: number of poverty surveys per decade available via the World Bank
• Disposable household income: The income cutoff to the poorest decile vs Mean income
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholds2021 Povcal data
• Extreme poverty rate vs. poverty gap
• GDP per capitaWorld Bank (since 1990)
• GDP per capita in international and market dollars
• How does the international poverty line compare to multidimensional poverty?
• MDG1.A: Share of population in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 per day)
• Population in non-rich countries by per capita household income
• Population living in extreme poverty
• Poverty gap index at 1.90 int.-$ per day
• Poverty headcount ratio (Povcal vs. WDI)
• Poverty vs. Life expectancy
• Poverty vs. educational attainment
• Poverty: Share living on less than 3.20 int.-$ per day
• Projected number of people in extreme poverty, by regionCrespo-Cuaresma et al. (2015 to 2030)
• Projected share of the population in extreme poverty
• Reconstruction of historical global extreme poverty rates
• Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds
• Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China
• Share of people living in extreme povertyEuropean countries (Bradshaw and Mayhew, 2011)
• Share of population in extreme poverty
• Share of population living in multidimensional poverty
• Share of population living under different poverty thresholds
• Share of population living with less than 1.90$ and 3.20$ per day
• The global poverty gap, in international-$
• The poverty gap, in international-$
• The share of people living in extreme poverty vs GDP per capita
• The share of people living in extreme poverty, high-income countries
• Total number of people in extreme poverty
• Total population living in extreme poverty by world regionPovcalNet, World Bank (1987 to 2013)
• World population living in extreme povertyWB & Bourguignon and Morrisson (Absolute; 1820-2015)
• Yearly cost of closing the global poverty gap (million int-$)