National poverty line vs. GDP per capita
The horizontal lines indicate poverty lines set by the World Bank to be representative of national definitions of poverty adopted low, lower middle and uppermiddle income countries respectively.
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- GDP per capita vs. Daily income of the poorest 10%
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- GDP per capita vs. median income or consumption per day
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- National poverty line vs. mean daily income or consumption
- National poverty line vs. median income or consumption per day
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank
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- Number of people living in extreme povertyStacked area chart
- Number of people living in extreme poverty by regionHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
- Number of people living in extreme poverty by region'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
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- Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a dayLine chart
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- Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day
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- Prevalence of underweight children vs. share in extreme poverty
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- Share of population within different income thresholdsStacked bar: Above/below $30 per day
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