Proportion of population below the international poverty line (%)

The indicator Proportion of population below the international poverty line is defined as the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day ... TheGlobalHealthObservatoryExploreaworldofhealthdata IndicatorsCountries GlobalHealthObservatory GHOHome Indicators Countries DataAPI GHOODataAPI AthenaAPI MapGallery Publications DataSearch Home/ Data/ GHO/ IndicatorMetadataRegistryList/ Proportionofpopulationbelowtheinternationalpovertyline(%) × Subscribeheretoreceivenotificationswhenevercontentonthispagechanges. Subscribe Alreadysubscribed?Tounsubscribeclickhere. × AssociatedIndicators ProportionofpopulationbelowtheinternationalpovertylineofUS$1.90perday(%) Proportionofpopulationbelowtheinternationalpovertyline(SDG1.1.1) Datatype:PercentRationale: Monitoringpovertyisimportant ontheglobaldevelopmentagendaaswellasonthenational developmentagendaofmanycountries.TheWorldBankproduceditsfirstglobalpovertyestimatesfor  developingcountriesforWorldDevelopmentReport1990:Poverty(WorldBank1990)usinghouseh old  surveydatafor22countries(Ravallion,Datt,andvandeWalle1991).Sincethentherehasbeen  considerableexpansioninthenumberofcountriesthatfieldhouseholdincomeandexpendituresurveys.  TheWorldBank'sDevelopmentResearchGroupmaintain sadatabasethatisupdatedannuallyasnew  surveydatabecomeavailable(andthusmaycontainmorerecentdataorrevisions)andconductsamajor  reassessmentofprogressagainstpovertyeveryyear.PovcalNetisaninteractivecomputationaltoolthat  all owsuserstoreplicatetheseinternationallycomparable$1.90and$3.10adayglobal,regionaland  country - levelpovertyestimatesandtocomputepovertymeasuresforcustomcountrygroupingsandfor  differentpovertylines.  ThePovertyandEquityDatap ortalprovidesaccesstothedatabaseanduser - friendlydashboardswith  graphsandinteractivemapsthatvisualizetrendsinkeypovertyandinequalityindicatorsfordifferent  regionsandcountries.Thecountrydashboardsdisplaytrendsinpovertymeasure sbasedonthenational  povertylinesalongsidetheinternationallycomparableestimates,producedfromandconsistentwithPovcalNet.Definition: TheindicatorProportionofpopulationbelowtheinternationalpovertylineisdefinedas thepercentageofthepopulationlivingonlessthan$1.90adayat2011internationalprices.The'internationalpovertyline'iscurrentlysetat$1.90adayat2011internationalprices. Methodofestimation:DataaretakenfromtheUnitedNations'SDGIndicatorsGlobalDatabase.Seelinksbelowfor moreinformation. Tomeasurepovertyacrosscountriesconsistently,theWorldBank’sinternationalmeasuresapplyacommonstandard,anchoredtowhat“poverty”meansintheworld’spoorestcountries.  Thecurrentextremepovertylineissetat$1.90adayin2011PPPterms,whichrepresentsthemeanofthenationalpovertylinesfoundinthesamepoorest15countriesrankedbypercapitaconsumption.  Whenmeasuringinternationalpovertyofacountry,theinternationalpovertylineatPPPisconvertedtolocalcurrenciesin2011priceandisthenconvertedtothepricesprevailingatthetimeoftherelevanthouseholdsurveyusingthebestavailableConsumerPriceIndex(CPI).  (Equivalently,thesurveydataonhouseholdconsumptionorincomeforthesurveyyearareexpressedinthepricesoftheICPbaseyear,  andthenconvertedtoPPP$’s.)Thenthepovertyrateiscalculatedfromthatsurvey.Allinter-temporalcomparisonsarereal,asassessedusingthecountry-specificCPI.Interpolation/extrapolationmethodsareusedtolineupthesurvey-basedestimateswiththesereferenceyears. Links: SDGIndicatorsMetadatarepository:Indicator3.7.2:Adolescentbirthrate(Accessed08March2018)||https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/ SDGIndicatorsGlobalDatabase||https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/ Ifyouhaveanyfeedback,youarewelcometowriteithere. IfyouneedtoaccesstheoldGlobalHealthObservatorydata,youcandoithere.Butbeforeyouleave,pleaseprovideusyourfeedbackaboutournewdataportal. × FeedbackforthenewGHOportal Yourname* Youre-mailaddress* Thee-mailformatis"[email protected]" Comments* Submitthefeedback