Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Indicator id: poverty_headcount_ratio · Unit: % · Coverage: 1995-2022

Percentage of the population living below the national poverty line, as defined by each country's own statistical office (for Nepal, the NLSS-derived line).

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SI.POV.NAHC (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

National poverty lines are not comparable across countries (each is set relative to that country's own consumption norms); use poverty_headcount_ratio only for Nepal's own trend, not for cross-country comparison. Reported only in the years Nepal ran an NLSS survey (irregular cadence, not annual) -- verified live, most recent value 20.3% (2022).

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 1.2 -- Reduce at least by half the proportion of people living in poverty in all its dimensions
Topic: Poverty
Themes: economy

Also known as

"poverty rate", "poverty headcount", "how many people are poor", "is poverty falling"

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