- Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
Today, one in ten people around the world still live in extreme poverty – deprived not only of an adequate income and livelihood, but also opportunity, dignity and hope Progress in recent years has been impeded by multiple, interconnected crises, including the scarring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, slow economic growth, high indebtedness
- Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024 - World Bank Group
Two thirds of the world’s population in extreme poverty live in Sub-Saharan Africa, rising to three quarters when including all fragile and conflict-affected countries About 72 percent of the world’s population in extreme poverty live in countries that are eligible to receive assistance from the International Development Association (IDA)
- Measuring Poverty Overview - World Bank Group
The international poverty line, which is used to measure extreme poverty in low-income economies, is set today at $3 00 per person per day According to the latest data, around one in ten people globally are estimated to be living in extreme poverty, a significant share of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa or fragile and conflict-affected situations
- Poverty : Development news, research, data | World Bank
Poverty The World Bank Group uses the latest data, evidence, and analysis to help countries develop policies to effectively tackle poverty and improve people's lives
- How We Work - World Bank Group
As shown in Figure 1, in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the historic progress in poverty reduction in all regions, except Latin America and the Caribbean where governments used fiscal stimulus to alleviate economic hardship for low-income households
- Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022 - World Bank Group
The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provide the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity The 2022 edition takes the first comprehensive look at the landscape of poverty in the aftermath of an extraordinary series of shocks to the global economy
- Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 - World Bank Group
The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity For more than two decades, extreme poverty was steadily declining Now, for the first time in a generation, the quest to end poverty has suffered its worst setback
- June 2025 Update to Global Poverty Lines - World Bank Group
The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture countries’ household consumption today The international poverty line, used to measure extreme poverty in low-income countries, is now set at $3 per person per day For lower-middle income countries, the updated poverty
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