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The indicator “proportion of the population below the international poverty line” is defined as the
percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 international prices. 

The indicator "proportion of the population below the international poverty line" measures the percentage of people living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 international prices. This standard allows for consistent measurement of global poverty by adjusting for purchasing power differences across countries. The World Bank has periodically updated the international poverty line to reflect changes in the cost of living, with the most recent update in September 2022 setting it at $2.15. This approach ensures that the poverty line remains constant in real value across different countries and over time.

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The concept of working poverty is captured by combining poverty status with employment status, which aims to measure how many workers, despite being in employment, live in poverty. The proportion of working poor in total employment (that is, the poverty rate) combines data on household income or consumption with labour force framework variables measured at the individual level and sheds light on the relationship between household poverty and employment. Proportion of population below the international poverty line is calculated using either consumption or income data, gathered from nationally representative household surveys.

Employed persons: All persons of working age who, during a short reference period such as a day or a week, performed work for others in exchange for pay or profit.

Poverty Line: Threshold below which individuals in the reference population are considered poor and above which they are considered non-poor. The threshold is generally defined as the per-capita monetary requirements an individual needs to afford the purchase of a basic bundle of goods and services. For the purposes of this indicator, an absolute international poverty line of $2.15 per day is used.

Household in poverty: Households are defined as poor if their income or consumption expenditure is below the poverty line taking into account the number of household members and composition (e.g., number of adults and children).

Working poor: Employed persons living in households that are classified as poor, that is, that have income or consumption levels below the poverty line used for measurement.

sex and age.

It is calculated by dividing the number of persons living in households below the poverty line (disaggregated by sex, age and employment status) by the total number of persons (disaggregated by the same sex, age and employment status groups).

A proxy to help policy makers eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by directing their poverty alleviation resources to those closest to the poverty line.

1. The international poverty line fails to account for the fact that some people may be living just below the poverty line, while others experience far greater shortfall.
2. Consumption data are not always available.
3. The measure of poverty obtained could still fail to capture important aspects of individual welfare.
4. The difference between urban and rural poverty lines reflects more than a difference in the cost of living of which the international poverty line fails to account for.

Households headed by women tend to have lower incomes and members of those households are therefore more likely to live below the poverty line. Gender relations, including whether households are headed by women or men, may also affect intra-household resource allocation and use.

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