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Poverty: The Story in Numbers & Pictures

This document contains statistics about poverty levels in various countries. It shows the percentage of the population living on less than $1, $1-2, $2-4, $4-6, and $6-10 per day in several developing nations. For example, in India's rural areas, 88.2% of the population lives on less than $2 per day. The World Bank estimates that 75.6% of Tanzania's population lives below this threshold. The data comes from the book "Poor Economics" and is intended to illustrate global poverty levels through numbers and charts.

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Poverty: The Story in Numbers & Pictures

This document contains statistics about poverty levels in various countries. It shows the percentage of the population living on less than $1, $1-2, $2-4, $4-6, and $6-10 per day in several developing nations. For example, in India's rural areas, 88.2% of the population lives on less than $2 per day. The World Bank estimates that 75.6% of Tanzania's population lives below this threshold. The data comes from the book "Poor Economics" and is intended to illustrate global poverty levels through numbers and charts.

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MBA Education & Careers

The Story in Numbers & Pictures

Poverty
Population living on U.S.$10* or less per day, 2009 or latest available, %
less than
U.S.$1

U.S.$1 to
U.S.$2

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to
U.S.$4

World Bank estimate of

U.S.$4 to
U.S.$6

U.S.$6 to population living on less than


U.S.$10
U.S.$2 in same year#, %

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Ghana

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Pakistan

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Bangladesh

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Tanzania
Indonesia
Morocco

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Papua New Guinea


Mexico
Peru
Brazil
South Africa

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88.2
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*2005 U.S.$ at purchasing-power parity #or closest available


Source: Poor Economics, by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo; The Economist

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Guatemala

75.6

39.9

M E &C

June-July 2011

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