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Charts

• Adequacy of social safety net programs
• Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty
• Change of GDP per capita over the last generation in countries with a high share in extreme poverty
• Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
• Consumer price index
• Death rate from indoor air pollution vs. share in extreme poverty
• Death rate from unsafe water sources vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsfewer thresholds
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholds
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholds2011 PPPs
• Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsfewer thresholds, 2011 PPPs
• Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty
• Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over timeHarmonized over time estimates
• Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty
• GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant international-$
• Gini index of consumption in 2015 vs. 1990Consumption & income
• Hidden Hunger Index vs. share in extreme poverty
• Historical national accounts estimates of the distribution of people living at different income thresholds globally
• Historical national accounts estimates of the share of people living below $5 a day
• Historical national accounts estimates of the share of the world's population living on less than $5 per day, by region
• How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?Current estimates
• How does extreme poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?Current estimates, 2011 PPPs
• Income or consumption of the poorest 10%World Bank, Marimekko
• Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. GDP per capita
• Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. mean income
• Income or consumption of the poorest and richest 10%
• Income or consumption of the richest 10%World Bank, Marimekko
• Intensity of multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
• Intensity of multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
• Mean income or consumption per dayMarimekko
• Mean income or consumption per day2017 Int-$
• Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
• Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita2011 PPPs
• Mean income or consumption per day: 2011 vs. 2017 international-$
• Mean vs. median income or consumptionWorld Bank
• Median income or consumption per day
• Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
• Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita2011 PPPs
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)Current estimates
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)Harmonized over time estimates
• National poverty line vs. GDP per capita
• National poverty line vs. GDP per capitaBy income group
• 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
• Number of people living in extreme povertyStacked area chart
• Number of people living in extreme povertyLine 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)
• PPP conversion factor for private consumption
• Poverty gap index at $2.15 per day
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a dayLine chart
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a dayMarimekko
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $3.65 a day
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day2011 PPPs
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day
• Poverty: Share of population living on less than $6.85 a day
• Prevalence of underweight children vs. share in extreme poverty
• Prevalence vs. intensity of multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
• Prevalence vs. intensity of multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
• Prosperity gap
• Reconstruction of historical global extreme poverty rates
• Reconstruction of historical poverty trends by country
• Relative poverty: Share of people below 40% of median income
• Relative poverty: Share of people below 50% of median income
• Relative poverty: Share of people below 60% of median income
• Share in extreme poverty vs. life expectancy
• Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index
• Share in extreme poverty: Cost of basic needs approach vs. living on less than $1.90 a dayHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
• Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions
• Share in multidimensional poverty vs. Multidimensional Poverty IndexCurrent estimates
• Share in multidimensional poverty vs. Multidimensional Poverty IndexHarmonized over time estimates
• Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds
• Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholdsHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
• Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds2011 PPPs
• Share in poverty vs. educational attainment
• Share in poverty vs. life expectancy
• Share living on less than $3.65 per day vs. share in multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
• Share living on less than $6.85 a day vs. mean income or consumption
• Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China
• Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
• Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction
• Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants
• Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required
• Share of population below and above $30 per dayStacked bar: Above/below $30 per day
• Share of population in multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
• Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. ruralHarmonized over time estimates
• Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. ruralCurrent estimates
• Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. rural
• Share of population living below national poverty lines
• Share of population living in extreme povertyLine chart
• Share of population living in extreme povertyMarimekko
• Share of population living in extreme povertyHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Line chart
• Share of population living in extreme povertyHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Stacked area chart
• Share of population living in extreme poverty'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Stacked area chart
• Share of population living in extreme poverty'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Line chart
• Share of population living in extreme poverty2011 PPPs
• Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita
• Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day
• Share of population living on less than $2 per day
• Share of population living on less than $5 per day
• Share of population living with less than $2.15 and $3.65 per day
• Share of the population deprived by multidimensional poverty indicatorsCurrent estimates
• Share of the population in multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
• Share of the population in severe multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
• The share and number of people living in extreme poverty
• Total population living in extreme poverty by world region
• Total shortfall from extreme poverty
• Use of interpolation and extrapolation on Maddison GDP per capita data
• Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty
• World population living in extreme povertyWorld Bank & Bourguignon and Morrisson