• Absolute number of people in poverty - OWID based on World Bank (Povcal) (2015)

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  • Max Roser has calculated the number of people in extreme poverty (living with less than 1.25$ in 2005 International Dollar) based on the World Bank (Povcal) data. I have downloaded the poverty headcount for each year and multiplied it with the population in each region to arrive at the total number of people in poverty. Both data sets come from Povcal and were downloaded on 1 August 2015. Data is PPP-adjusted and expressed in 2005 International Dollars.
  • Entity Year People in extreme poverty (living with less than 1.25$ in 2005 International Dollar) (World Bank (Povcal) (2015))
    Middle East and North Africa 2011 5,640,880.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 2011 415,761,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 2011 2,347,740.0
    South Asia 2011 398,953,000.0
    East Asia and Pacific 2011 160,762,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 2011 27,630,400.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 27,793,200.0
    Middle East and North Africa 2010 5,598,290.0
    East Asia and Pacific 2010 206,874,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 2010 3,053,180.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 2010 411,335,000.0
    South Asia 2010 472,960,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 2008 2,321,330.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 2008 403,406,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 2008 6,560,620.0
    South Asia 2008 540,268,000.0
    East Asia and Pacific 2008 272,069,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 30,584,300.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 2005 40,400,000.0
    East Asia and Pacific 2005 321,405,000.0
    South Asia 2005 595,980,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 2005 5,932,080.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 2005 398,929,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 2005 9,077,340.0
    Middle East and North Africa 2002 11,021,200.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 2002 54,044,400.0
    Europe and Central Asia 2002 10,012,900.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 2002 400,672,000.0
    East Asia and Pacific 2002 517,997,000.0
    South Asia 2002 637,871,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1999 55,490,200.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1999 18,013,300.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1999 661,298,000.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1999 385,779,000.0
    South Asia 1999 617,395,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1999 13,039,300.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1996 359,157,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1996 12,278,400.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1996 20,114,700.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1996 681,926,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1996 51,115,500.0
    South Asia 1996 629,985,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1993 13,460,600.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1993 12,877,300.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1993 51,262,900.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1993 886,909,000.0
    South Asia 1993 636,384,000.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1993 337,985,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1990 7,150,220.0
    South Asia 1990 620,472,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1990 55,137,500.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1990 290,963,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1990 13,006,200.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1990 939,109,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1987 8,540,460.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1987 850,742,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1987 14,940,500.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1987 51,436,300.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1987 263,267,000.0
    South Asia 1987 609,585,000.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1984 51,959,900.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1984 244,017,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1984 10,208,100.0
    South Asia 1984 576,855,000.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1984 978,937,000.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1984 12,503,200.0
    Middle East and North Africa 1981 15,257,400.0
    East Asia and Pacific 1981 1,107,440,000.0
    Sub-Saharan Africa 1981 210,348,000.0
    Europe and Central Asia 1981 12,546,100.0
    Latin America and the Caribbean 1981 42,494,900.0
    South Asia 1981 570,334,000.0
  • Sources

    Data Published By: World Bank (Povcal)

    Data publisher source:OWID calculations from World Bank census data.

    Link: http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povOnDemand.aspx

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