Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds, World, 1820 to
2018

This data is adjusted for inflation and for differences in living costs between countries.

18202018185019001950200050%Below $1.90 a day

Data source: Michalis Moatsos (2021; 2022)Learn more about this data

Note: Data after 1981 relates to household income or consumption surveys collated by the World Bank; before 1981 it is based onhistorical reconstructions of GDP per capita and inequality data. Data is measured in international-$ at 2011 prices.

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