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Poverty - World Bank, and LIS Data Explorer
Compare World Bank and Luxembourg Income Study data on poverty.
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Share in poverty
Poverty line
$2.15 per day: International Poverty Line
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Share of population living in extreme poverty

LIS data relates to income after taxes and benefits per capita. Depending on the country and year, PIP data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or toconsumption, per capita.

About this data

This data explorer provides a range of poverty indicators obtained from different sources.

  • Data from the World Bank relates to either income per capita after taxes and benefits or consumption per capita, depending on the country and year.
  • Data from the Luxembourg Income Study relates to income after taxes and benefits per capita.

Further information about the definitions and methods behind this data can be found in the article below, where you can also explore and compare a much broader range of indicators:

OWID Data Collection: Inequality and Poverty

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