• Updated by the World Bank in June 2025 
  • USD3 per person per day – new international poverty line – based on 2021 PPPs released in May 2024. 
  • Replaces USD2.15 per person per day poverty line based on 2017 PPPs. 
  • People living in extreme poverty – people surviving on less than USD3 per day. 
  • The global headcount according to this new poverty line – of people living in extreme poverty – 2022 (83.8 crore) – 12.5 crore added – transitional shift – from old to new poverty line  
  • People living in extreme poverty according to the previous poverty line (USD2.15), as released on September 2024 – 71.3 crore
  • New LMIC poverty line – from USD3.65 to USD4.20 
  • New UMIC poverty line – USD6.85 to USD8.30

(Information core: The World Bank) 

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