There are a few lessons in this chart. One, extreme, grinding poverty — here defined as living on the equivalent of $1.90 a day or less — was not just more common in the not too distant past.

This chart shows the share of respondents from selected countries who think that poverty is among the main issues in their country (in percent).

The falling poverty figures are the latest sign that his policies are reaping rewards: The economy is forecast to grow almost ...

Less than two years later, a headline chart in another major World Bank publication, Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy, showed that the number of people living in ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Data: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey; Note: Poverty thresholds determined by annual income, family size and family composition; Chart: Axios Visuals The share of Portland-area ...

Both the HDI and per capita income are highly correlated with other widely used measures of poverty (Chart 2), such as the share of the population with income of less than $1 per day (a World Bank ...