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International Poverty Line, Global, 1995-2002

This data shows the population below $1.00 a day, poverty gap at $1.00 a day, population gap at $2.00 a day (in %), and Poverty gap at $2.00 a day (in %) in countries around the world affected by poverty.

The indication of an "a" or "b" next to the year of survey stands for the following:

a. Expenditure base.

b. Income base

This section shows information about this dataset's attributes
Attributes Range Median Mean Std. Dev.
Country abbrevaition Text column (no statistics available)
Country name
Country Text column (no statistics available)
country that experienced poverty
Survey year Text column (no statistics available)
year in which poverty was surveryed for data set
Population below $1 a day
 
0.00  to  84.90
0.00 12.44 19.79
are the percentages of the population living on less than $1.08 a day and $2.15 a day at 1993 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.
Poverty gap at $1 a day
 
0.00  to  45.60
0.00 4.97 9.59
is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
Population below $2 a day
 
0.00  to  96.60
11.80 27.27 31.58
are the percentages of the population living on less than $1.08 a day and $2.15 a day at 1993 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.
Poverty gap at $2 a day
 
0.00  to  69.20
3.00 12.72 17.42
is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.
Region Text column (no statistics available)
Region in which poverty is located
Gmi Cntry Text column (no statistics available)
unique attribute