Population Living on Less Than $1.25 PPP per Day
The indicator captures the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. World Development Indicators, most recent publication series SI.POV.DDAY, original data from World Bank, Development Research Group. Alternative source for target countries: the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper:
Source: World Development Indicators
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