Share in extreme poverty: Cost of basic needs approach vs. living on
less than $1.90 a day, World, 1820 to 2018

The ‘cost of basic needs’ approach represents the share of the population unable to meet basic needs according to prices oflocally-available goods and services at the time. The International Poverty Line of $1.90 per day is an absolute global thresholdto measure extreme poverty set by the World Bank.

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Share in extreme poverty: Cost of basic needs approach vs. living on less than $1.90 a day

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