Poverty - Our World in Data
In order to make progress against such poverty in the future, we need to understand poverty around the world today and how it has changed. On this page you can find all our data, …
Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still …
Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go? The world has made immense progress against extreme poverty, but it is still the reality for almost one in ten people …
From $1.90 to $2.15 a day: the updated International Poverty Line
Oct 26, 2022 · To measure poverty globally, however, we need to apply a poverty line that is consistent across countries. This is the goal of the International Poverty Line of $2.15 per day …
World population living in extreme poverty, 1820 to 2015
Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than 1.90 international-$ per day. International-$ are adjusted for price differences between countries and for price changes over time (inflation).
Share of population living in extreme poverty, 2024
Oct 9, 2025 · Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day
Oct 9, 2025 · The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) is an interactive computational tool that offers users quick access to the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared …
Extreme poverty in China has been almost eliminated — first in …
Mar 6, 2024 · In 1981, 97% of people in the Chinese countryside lived in extreme poverty. Even in cities, it was more than 70%. Since then, large economic growth has made it possible for …
Data appendix – The fight against global poverty: 200 years of …
Jul 7, 2019 · This is an online data appendix explaining the data and methods used to estimate the historical poverty trends presented in Roser and Hasell (2021). For related data and …
Global poverty in an unequal world: Who is considered poor in a …
Mar 5, 2021 · The global poverty line that the UN relies on is based on the national poverty lines in the world’s poorest countries. In this article I ask what global poverty looks like if we rely on …
How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty ...
Mar 15, 2021 · We study the data on today's global inequality to calculate the minimum aggregate growth that is required to reduce global poverty substantially.