List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
Countries by percentage of population living in poverty.
Methodology
"Poverty" is defined as an economic condition of lacking both money and basic necessities needed to successfully live, such as food, water, education, healthcare, and shelter. There are many working definitions of "poverty," with considerable debate on how to best define the term.
Lack of income security, economic stability and the predictability of one's continued means to meet basic needs all serve as absolute indicators of poverty. Poverty may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs.
The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $1.90 and less than $3.10 US dollars per day in 2011 dollars at Purchasing power parity. The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API.
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.
Definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Even among rich nations, the standards differ greatly. Thus, the numbers are not comparable among countries. Even when nations do use the same method, some issues may remain.[1]
Only countries for which sourced data are available are listed. Data for countries, including Libya and Saudi Arabia, remain unavailable. It's usually accepted, that one third (33.3%) of the population in these countries live below the poverty line.[2][3]
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See also
General:
References
- ↑ "http://inequalitywatch.eu/spip.php?article99" Eurostat 2010
- ↑ Libya Economy 2013 CIA factbook
- ↑ One third of the Saudi Arabia's population lives under the poverty line, 5 August 2013
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- ↑ http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/pubdocs/publicdoc/2015/10/109701443800596288/PRN03-Oct2015-TwinGoals.pdf
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- ↑ Population below poverty line, The World Factbook, CIA, accessed on July 25, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html
- ↑ http://www.cadena3.com/contenido/2013/04/24/112569.asp?titulo=El-Indec-informo-que-la-pobreza-bajo-al-54%-a-fines-de-2012
- ↑ http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/113749.html
- ↑ Based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2009 est.).
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- ↑ This figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008).
- ↑ Basic Needs Poverty Measure, an absolute poverty measure calculated by the Fraser Institute. (See related article, Poverty in Canada.)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Note: The figure is on page 5 of the report.
- ↑ In 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $400; this new standard is significantly higher than the line set in 2009, and as a result, 128 million Chinese are now considered below the poverty line (2011).
- ↑ Urban areas.
- ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-24/news/40771743_1_poverty-line-tendulkar-methodology-poverty-rates
- ↑ http://www.istat.it/en/archive/164876
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2012).
- ↑ About one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day (2005 est.).
- ↑ Poverty data: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100577.htm Norway. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007], US Department of State; Population: Norway - CIA The World Factbook.
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- ↑ Structure of money incomes and share of expenditures in money incomes of population (Russian).
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- ↑ http://www.ua.undp.org/content/ukraine/en/home/countryinfo/
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- ↑ http://www.diariotextual.com/economia/item/1764-cepal-argentina-es-el-pa%C3%ADs-con-menos-pobreza-de-am%C3%A9rica-latina.html.
External links
- Global Distribution of Poverty Global poverty datasets and map collection
- http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/Population-below-poverty-line