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As such, the exact approach varies across countries.\n\nThe original data with *all* available income and consumption measures is shown separately in our [Poverty Data Explorer](https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/poverty-explorer?Indicator=Share+in+poverty&Poverty+line=%243+per+day%3A+International+Poverty+Line&Household+survey+data+type=Show+data+from+both+income+and+consumption+surveys&Show+breaks+between+less+comparable+surveys=true&country=ROU~CHN~BLR~PER).","type":"float","grapherConfigIdETL":"019bff39-1b09-70ab-b61f-0d621c7a6cf6","datasetName":"World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)","updatePeriodDays":180,"datasetVersion":"2026-01-22","nonRedistributable":false,"display":{"name":"Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)","unit":"%","shortUnit":"%","tolerance":5,"numDecimalPlaces":1},"schemaVersion":2,"processingLevel":"major","presentation":{"titlePublic":"","attributionShort":"World Bank","topicTagsLinks":["Poverty"],"faqs":[{"gdocId":"1gGburArxglFdHXeTLotFW4TOOLoeRq5XW6UfAdKtaAw","fragmentId":"poverty-international-poverty-line"},{"gdocId":"1gGburArxglFdHXeTLotFW4TOOLoeRq5XW6UfAdKtaAw","fragmentId":"poverty-international-dollars"},{"gdocId":"1gGburArxglFdHXeTLotFW4TOOLoeRq5XW6UfAdKtaAw","fragmentId":"poverty-comparability"},{"gdocId":"1gGburArxglFdHXeTLotFW4TOOLoeRq5XW6UfAdKtaAw","fragmentId":"poverty-regional-estimates"}]},"descriptionKey":["The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $3 per day. This threshold, known as the [\"International Poverty Line\"](#dod:international-poverty-line), is set so that poverty can be compared across countries. This indicator plays an important and successful role in focusing the world's attention on the very poorest people. The UN uses this indicator to track progress towards [ending extreme poverty by 2030](https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/no-poverty).","Two centuries ago, most of the world's population was extremely poor. Many believed that widespread poverty was inevitable. But this turned out to be wrong. Economic growth is possible, and poverty can decline. With this poverty line, we can track whether countries are leaving the worst poverty behind.","This data is expressed in constant international dollars to adjust for inflation and differences in living costs between countries. Read more in our article, [What are international dollars?](https://ourworldindata.org/international-dollars)","Many people, today and in the past, have no monetary income. This data accounts for this by including the estimated value of non-market income, such as food grown by subsistence farmers for their own use.","Regional and global estimates are extrapolated up until the year of the data release using GDP growth estimates and forecasts. For more details about the methodology, please refer to the [World Bank PIP documentation](https://datanalytics.worldbank.org/PIP-Methodology/lineupestimates.html#nowcasts).","Depending on the country and year, the data refers either to income (after taxes and benefits) or to consumption, [per capita](#dod:per-capita). For most countries, we have only one option available. But when there is a mix of consumption and income data points, we process the data to keep one observation per country and year. Our [Poverty Data Explorer](https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/poverty-explorer?Indicator=Share+in+poverty&Poverty+line=%243+per+day%3A+International+Poverty+Line&Household+survey+data+type=Show+data+from+both+income+and+consumption+surveys&Show+breaks+between+less+comparable+surveys=true&country=ROU~CHN~BLR~PER) shows the original data with *all* available income and consumption measures separately."],"origins":[{"id":8890,"title":"World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)","description":"The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) is an interactive computational tool that offers users quick access to the World Bank’s estimates of poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity. PIP provides a comprehensive view of global, regional, and country-level trends for over 170 economies around the world.","producer":"World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform","citationFull":"World Bank (2025). Poverty and Inequality Platform (version 20250930_2021 and 20250930_2017) [Data set]. 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