Definition: National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Population below poverty line mapRelated News
The myth of the great Indian Middle class: Roughly 30 per cent of India's population still lives below the poverty line
Daily Mail - 5/19/2013 11:53:02 PM
As political parties get battle ready for the 2014 general elections, the great Indian middle class is again in the spotlight. Every political party wants the biggest pie of this vote bank, whose tilt can decide who will form the next government at the Centre.
Israel's Poverty Rate The Highest In Developed World
The Huffington Post - 5/15/2013 5:24:05 PM
Israel has the highest poverty rate in the developed world, Haaretz concludes based on a new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The newspaper notes that with a poverty rate of 20.9 percent, Israel scores ...
Millions of Americans live in extreme poverty. Here’s how they get by.
Washington Post - 5/12/2013 11:54:11 PM
The decline of extreme poverty — defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1.25 a day, which is derived from the average poverty line in the world’s poorest countries ... increase in people living under, say, $6 a day,” Shaefer ...
These three charts show how the world could end extreme poverty by 2030
Washington Post - 5/9/2013 10:03:13 PM
and how the benefits of growth are distributed. The human implications are staggering: At the world’s current population, the difference between the best- and worst-case outcomes shown below is in excess of 600 million people. And keep in mind ...
Alleviating Poverty: Mobile Communications, Microfinance and Small Business Development Around the World
Brookings - 5/15/2013 11:57:47 PM
Poverty is one of the most pressing problems around the world. According to statistics from the World Bank, nearly one-quarter of the global population lives at or below the poverty line of $1.25 per day.[i] With so many people struggling for ...
IMF’s Lagarde: ‘Stability And Growth For Poverty Reduction’ – Speech
Eurasia Review - 5/15/2013 9:05:59 PM
The book “Why Nations Fail” by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson made a very convincing case for this. Institutions must be accountable to taxpayers and citizens; otherwise, striving to reduce poverty is like building a house on a bed of sand.
Nigeria: Poverty Threshold in Nigeria - Myth or Reality?
AllAfrica - 5/16/2013 9:59:05 AM
It is not whether there is poverty in Nigeria or not. And it is not whether majority of the country's 160 million citizens are poor or not. Enough statistics have shown that already. The question here is how relative poverty is among the citizens ...
Poverty has increased during period of economic growth, says economist
The Hindu - 5/20/2013 12:50:18 AM
India’s economic boom in the first decade of the 21{+s}{+t}Century coincided with an increase in the magnitude of poverty, economist Prabhat Patnaik said here on Saturday. “There has been a period of positive growth ... the case by its own definition ...
Column: Five days below the poverty line
GlobalPost - 5/11/2013 12:46:40 AM
Under the "Live Below The Line" campaign sponsored by the Global ... and will donate about $125 to a hunger charity. The Global Poverty Project, which runs this challenge, aims to educate people about poverty and advocates for changes to help end extreme ...
Five days below the poverty line
Rediff - 5/9/2013 12:56:12 AM
Under the 'Live Below The Line' campaign sponsored by the Global ... and will donate about $125 to a hunger charity. The Global Poverty Project, which runs this challenge, aims to educate people about poverty and advocates for changes to help end extreme ...
Guest commentary: Living below the line
Daily Camera - 5/12/2013 6:43:24 AM
Recently, there has been a trend in Hollywood to attempt to live on $1.50 a day for one week in the spirit of bringing awareness to the problem of poverty in this country ... For people living below the poverty line the suffering is perpetual.
UN anti-poverty agency chases cash rather than results, study finds
FOX News - 5/15/2013 11:00:31 PM
The $5.7 billion United Nations Development Program, the U.N.’s flagship anti-poverty agency, is poor at producing lasting results, sets unrealistic or unfocused priorities and often seems more interested in getting funding than in setting ...
Would tax on arms exports and protectionism help poor countries?
The Guardian - 5/15/2013 9:45:57 AM
He also criticises the World Bank's revisions of its international poverty line. The bank set the definition of extreme poverty at $1.25 per day in 2008 – different from the poverty line between 2000-08 and 1990-99. Pogge says shifting the ...
RIVERSIDE: Global poverty is speech topic
Riverside Press Enterprise - 5/10/2013 5:30:01 PM
He will explore the reasons for the persistence of global poverty in ... world — 3 billion people — still lives on less than $2.50 a day. Between a quarter and a third of children under the age of 5 in developing countries are estimated ...
