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View our work on COVID-19 vaccinationsPopulation in non-rich countries by per capita household income, 1981 to 2013
Income brackets are in international dollars, so they account for cross-country differences in prices levels, as well as for inflation over time. The group of 'non-rich'
countries includes all countries in the world except those listed in the footnote. Figures correspond to numbers of people in millions.
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- 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 $1.25 per day)
- National poverty lines vs. GDP per capita
- Population living in extreme poverty
- Poverty gap index at 1.90 int.-$ 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-$)