International Poverty Lines

  • 1990 – $1 – based on 1985 PPP price data
  • Mean of national poverty line of 6 poor countries  
  • 2015 – $1.90 – based on 2011 PPP price data
  • Mean of national poverty line of 15 poor countries  
  • 2022 – $2.15 – based on 2017 PPP price data
  • Mean of national poverty line of 28 poorest countries
  • Below $2.15 – extreme poverty
  • Methodology developed by Martin Ravallion, Gaurav Datt, and Dominique van de Walle
  • Economic researchers at the World Bank

648 million people across the world in 2019 – below the $2.15 International Poverty Line – extremely poor

International Poverty Lines

  • Measured in international prices
  • Using purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates
  • PPP exchange rates – equivalently prices across countries – of same quantity of goods and services
  • Methodologically, only the number values of the international poverty lines change.  The real value remains same
  • What cost $1.90 in 2011 PPP prices would cost $2.15 in 2017 PPP prices

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