Share of population living in extreme poverty, World, 1820 to 2018

Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $1.90 per day. Data after 1981 relates tohousehold income or consumption surveys collated by the World Bank; before 1981 it is based on historicalreconstructions of GDP per capita and inequality data.

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