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  • Access to electricity vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Adequacy of social safety net programs
  • CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Change of GDP per capita over the last generation in countries with a high share in extreme poverty
  • Children per woman vs. share living in extreme poverty
  • Comparison of extreme poverty estimates, World Bank PIP vs. Bradshaw & Mayhew (2011)
  • Consumer price index
  • Death rate from indoor air pollution vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Death rate from unsafe water sources vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsfewer thresholds
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsmore thresholds
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholds
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholds2011 PPPs
  • Distribution of population between different poverty thresholdsfewer thresholds, 2011 PPPs
  • Energy use per capita vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over timeHarmonized over time estimates
  • Extreme poverty and under-five mortality
  • GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant international-$
  • GDP per capita in international and market dollars
  • Gini index of consumption in 2015 vs. 1990Consumption & income
  • Hidden Hunger Index vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Historical national accounts estimates of the distribution of people living at different income thresholds globally
  • Historical national accounts estimates of the share of people living below $5 a day
  • Historical national accounts estimates of the share of the world's population living on less than $5 per day, by region
  • How does extreme poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?Current estimates, 2011 PPPs
  • Income or consumption of the poorest 10%World Bank, Marimekko
  • Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. GDP per capita
  • Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. mean income
  • Income or consumption of the poorest and richest 10%
  • Income or consumption of the richest 10%World Bank, Marimekko
  • Intensity of multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
  • Intensity of multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
  • Mean income or consumption per dayMarimekko
  • Mean income or consumption per day2017 Int-$
  • Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
  • Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita2011 PPPs
  • Mean income or consumption per day: 2011 vs. 2017 international-$
  • Mean vs. median income or consumptionWorld Bank
  • Median income or consumption per day
  • Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
  • Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)Current estimates
  • Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)Harmonized over time estimates
  • National poverty line vs. GDP per capita
  • National poverty line vs. GDP per capitaBy income group
  • National poverty line vs. mean daily income or consumption
  • National poverty line vs. median income or consumption per day
  • Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank
  • Number of people living in extreme povertyStacked area chart
  • Number of people living in extreme povertyLine chart
  • Number of people living in extreme poverty by regionHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
  • Number of people living in extreme poverty by region'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
  • PPP conversion factor for private consumption
  • Poverty gap index at $2.15 per day
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a dayLine chart
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a dayMarimekko
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $3.65 a day
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day2011 PPPs
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day
  • Poverty: Share of population living on less than $6.85 a day
  • Prevalence of undernourishment vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Prevalence of underweight children vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Prevalence vs. intensity of multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
  • Reconstruction of historical global extreme poverty rates
  • Reconstruction of historical poverty trends by country
  • Relative poverty: Share of people below 40% of median income
  • Relative poverty: Share of people below 50% of median income
  • Relative poverty: Share of people below 60% of median income
  • Share in extreme poverty vs. life expectancy at birth
  • Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index
  • Share in extreme poverty: Cost of basic needs approach vs. living on less than $1.90 a dayHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
  • Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions
  • Share in multidimensional poverty vs. Multidimensional Poverty IndexCurrent estimates
  • Share in multidimensional poverty vs. Multidimensional Poverty IndexHarmonized over time estimates
  • Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds
  • Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholdsHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021)
  • Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds2011 PPPs
  • Share in poverty vs. educational attainment
  • Share in poverty vs. life expectancy
  • Share living on less than $3.65 per day vs. share in multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
  • Share living on less than $6.85 a day vs. mean income or consumption
  • Share of global population living in extreme poverty
  • Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty
  • Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction
  • Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants
  • Share of people at risk of falling into poverty if payment for surgical care is required
  • Share of people living in extreme povertyEuropean countries (Bradshaw and Mayhew, 2011)
  • Share of population below and above $30 per dayStacked bar: Above/below $30 per day
  • Share of population in multidimensional povertyCurrent estimates
  • Share of population in multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
  • Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. ruralHarmonized over time estimates
  • Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. ruralCurrent estimates
  • Share of population in multidimensional poverty: Urban vs. rural
  • Share of population living below national poverty lines
  • Share of population living in extreme povertyLine chart
  • Share of population living in extreme povertyMarimekko
  • Share of population living in extreme povertyHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Line chart
  • Share of population living in extreme povertyHistorical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Stacked area chart
  • Share of population living in extreme poverty'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Stacked area chart
  • Share of population living in extreme poverty'Cost of basic needs' approach, Historical estimates (Moatsos, 2021), Line chart
  • Share of population living in extreme poverty2011 PPPs
  • Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita
  • Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day
  • Share of population living on less than $2 per day
  • Share of population living on less than $5 per day
  • Share of population living with less than $2.15 and $3.65 per day
  • Share vs. intensity of multidimensional povertyHarmonized over time estimates
  • The poverty gap
  • The share and number of people living in extreme poverty
  • Total population living in extreme poverty by world region
  • Under-five mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
  • Use of interpolation and extrapolation on Maddison GDP per capita data
  • Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty
  • World population living in extreme povertyWorld Bank & Bourguignon and Morrisson

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