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What Is The Poverty Line 2024. To learn more about measuring poverty, read our explainer. Poverty can be cyclical, with lack of access to education, healthcare, and job opportunities perpetuating the inability to improve.

The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day, which replaces the $1.90 poverty line, is based on 2017 ppps. In 2022, the global poverty headcount ratio at the international poverty line ($2.15 per person per day, 2017 ppp) has remained rounded to 9 percent, with a marginal upward revision in the total number of extreme poor from 712 to 713 million.