Eliminating extreme poverty—defined as surviving on $2.15 per person per day, in 2017 U.S. dollars—is the United Nations' top priority among 17 sustainable development goals.

Home to less than 5% of the global population, while accounting for over 26% of gross domestic product globally the United ...

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 ...

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and the World Bank have developed a set of poverty maps for Serbia, which show variability in welfare across the country by combining two sources - the ...

Nearly half of the world’s population currently lives in poverty, defined as income of less than US $2 per day, including one billion children. Of those living in poverty, over 800 million ...