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Bookmark or Share- Poverty Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankOverview. Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, with 2020-2030 set to be a lost decade. 8.5 percent of the global population – almost 700 million people – live today on less than $2.15 per day, the extreme poverty line relevant for low-income countries. Three-quarters of all people in extreme poverty live in Sub-Saharan ...
- Fact Sheet: An Adjustment to Global Poverty Lines - World Bank GroupAs a result of the PPP update, the global extreme poverty rate for 2019 (the last year for which we have global poverty data) will decrease marginally, from 8.7% to 8.4%, reducing the count of people who live in extreme poverty by 20 million and bringing the total to 648 million. At the $3.65 line (used for lower-middle-income countries), the ...
- Haiti Overview: Development news, research, data | World BankHaiti remains the poorest country in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and among the poorest countries in the world. In 2023, Haiti had a GDP per capita of US$ 1694.1 and a GINI index of 41.1. Haiti's Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2022 is 0.552— which put the country in the Medium human development category ...
- Fiscal Vulnerabilities in Low-Income Countries - World Bank GroupThe world’s 26 poorest economies—home to about 40 percent of all people who live on less than $2.15 a day—are deeper in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and other shocks. Yet international aid as a share of their GDP has dwindled to a two-decade ...
- World Bank Country Poverty AssessmentsLatest Country Poverty & Equity Assessments. The World Bank Group’s goals are to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. This mission underpins our analytical, operational, and convening work in about 140 client countries. Dive into our country poverty assessments to learn more about countries' journeys to eradicate extreme poverty ...
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