Extreme Poverty, <1,90 USD
Poverty Gap at USD 1,90 a day, %
Source: World Bank
Extreme, or absolute poverty, measures poverty in relation to the amount of money necessary to meet basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on $1.90 or less a day (% based on chosen year of purchasing power parity (PPP) prices). The data shown was published by the Global Poverty Working Group and the World Bank.
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