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Poverty

World Bank topic catalog for Poverty.

Topic coverage

Catalog indicators143
Published on site6
Countries with values201
Latest year2025

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  • The topic catalog shows how much expansion potential still remains outside the current release.

Analytical takeaways

  • The “Poverty” theme is now embedded as a standalone SEO hub rather than just another indicator list.
  • The gap between catalog coverage and published coverage helps plan the next import wave without losing structure.
  • Even partial topic coverage creates many internal routes: to global indicators, country comparisons, and region/income slices.

Priority indicators for this topic

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year. Gini index Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality. Population living in slums (% of urban population) Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.

Full indicator list for this topic

Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, bottom 40% of population (%) · SI.SPR.PC40.ZG · catalog only Annualized average growth rate in per capita real survey mean consumption or income, total population (%) · SI.SPR.PCAP.ZG · catalog only Atkinson, A(.5) · 3.0.ATKIN.0.5 · catalog only Atkinson, A(1) · 3.0.ATKIN.1 · catalog only Atkinson, A(2) · 3.0.ATKIN.2 · catalog only Coverage: Electricity · 2.0.COV.ELE · catalog only Coverage: Internet · 2.0.COV.INT · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_2.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_2.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_2.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_3.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_3.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.COV.MATH.PL_3.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Mobile Phone · 2.0.COV.CEL · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_2.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_2.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_2.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_3.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_3.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Reading Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.COV.READ.PL_3.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Sanitation · 2.0.COV.SAN · catalog only Coverage: School Enrollment · 2.0.COV.SCH · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_2.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_2.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_2.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_3.ALL · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_3.PRV · catalog only Coverage: Science Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.COV.SCIE.PL_3.PUB · catalog only Coverage: Water · 2.0.COV.WAT · catalog only Generalized Entrophy, GE(-1) · 3.0.GENENT-1 · catalog only Generalized Entrophy, GE(2) · 3.0.GENENT2 · catalog only Gini Coefficient · 3.0.GINI · catalog only Gini Coefficient (No Zero Income) · 3.0.GINI_NOZERO · catalog only Gini index · SI.POV.GINI · published Gini, Rural · 3.1.GINI · catalog only Gini, Urban · 3.2.GINI · catalog only HOI: Electricity · 2.0.HOI.ELE · catalog only HOI: Internet · 2.0.HOI.INT · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_2.ALL · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_2.PRV · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_2.PUB · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_3.ALL · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_3.PRV · catalog only HOI: Mathematics Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.MATH.PL_3.PUB · catalog only HOI: Mobile Phone · 2.0.HOI.CEL · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_2.ALL · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_2.PRV · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_2.PUB · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_3.ALL · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_3.PRV · catalog only HOI: Reading Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.READ.PL_3.PUB · catalog only HOI: Sanitation · 2.0.HOI.SAN · catalog only HOI: School Enrollment · 2.0.HOI.SCH · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 2 · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_2.ALL · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 2, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_2.PRV · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 2, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_2.PUB · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 3 · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_3.ALL · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 3, Private schools · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_3.PRV · catalog only HOI: Science Proficiency Level 3, Public schools · 2.0.HOI.SCIE.PL_3.PUB · catalog only HOI: Water · 2.0.HOI.WAT · catalog only Income Share of Fifth Quintile · 3.0.INCSHR.Q5 · catalog only Income Share of First Quintile · 3.0.INCSHR.Q1 · catalog only Income Share of Fourth Quintile · 3.0.INCSHR.Q4 · catalog only Income Share of Second Quintile · 3.0.INCSHR.Q2 · catalog only Income Share of Third Quintile · 3.0.INCSHR.Q3 · catalog only Income share held by fourth 20% · SI.DST.04TH.20 · catalog only Income share held by highest 10% · SI.DST.10TH.10 · catalog only Income share held by highest 20% · SI.DST.05TH.20 · catalog only Income share held by lowest 10% · SI.DST.FRST.10 · catalog only Income share held by lowest 20% · SI.DST.FRST.20 · catalog only Income share held by second 20% · SI.DST.02ND.20 · catalog only Income share held by third 20% · SI.DST.03RD.20 · catalog only Labor Income Poverty Index · 8.0.LIPI · catalog only Mean Log Deviation, GE(0) · 3.0.MLONGDEV0 · catalog only Mean Log Deviation, GE(0), Rural · 3.1.MLONGDEV0 · catalog only Mean Log Deviation, GE(0),Urban · 3.2.MLONGDEV0 · catalog only Middle Class ($10-50 a day) Headcount · 1.0.HCOUNT.MID10TO50 · catalog only Middle Class ($10-50 a day) Headcount-Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.MID10TO50 · catalog only Middle Class ($10-50 a day) Headcount-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.MID10TO50 · catalog only Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (% of total population) · SI.POV.MDIM · catalog only Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children (% of population ages 0-17) · SI.POV.MDIM.17 · catalog only Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female (% of female population) · SI.POV.MDIM.FE · catalog only Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, household (% of total households) · SI.POV.MDIM.HH · catalog only Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male (% of male population) · SI.POV.MDIM.MA · catalog only Multidimensional poverty index (scale 0-1) · SI.POV.MDIM.XQ · catalog only Multidimensional poverty index, children (population ages 0-17) (scale 0-1) · SI.POV.MDIM.17.XQ · catalog only Multidimensional poverty intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) · SI.POV.MDIM.IT · catalog only Official Moderate Poverty Rate- Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.OFCL · catalog only Official Moderate Poverty Rate-National · 1.0.HCOUNT.OFCL · catalog only Official Moderate Poverty Rate-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.OFCL · catalog only Population living in slums (% of urban population) · EN.POP.SLUM.UR.ZS · published Poverty Gap ($1.90 a day) · 1.0.PGAP.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($1.90 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PGAP.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($1.90 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PGAP.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($2.50 a day) · 1.0.PGAP.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($2.50 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PGAP.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($2.50 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PGAP.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Gap ($4 a day) · 1.0.PGAP.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Gap ($4 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PGAP.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Gap ($4 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PGAP.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($1.90 a day) · 1.0.HCOUNT.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($1.90 a day)-Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($1.90 a day)-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($2.50 a day) · 1.0.HCOUNT.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($2.50 a day)-Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($2.50 a day)-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($4 a day) · 1.0.HCOUNT.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($4 a day)-Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Headcount ($4 a day)-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Severity ($1.90 a day) · 1.0.PSEV.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($1.90 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PSEV.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($1.90 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PSEV.1.90USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($2.50 a day) · 1.0.PSEV.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($2.50 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PSEV.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($2.50 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PSEV.2.5USD · catalog only Poverty Severity ($4 a day) · 1.0.PSEV.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Severity ($4 a day)-Rural · 1.1.PSEV.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty Severity ($4 a day)-Urban · 1.2.PSEV.POOR4UDS · catalog only Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%) · SI.POV.GAPS · catalog only Poverty gap at $3.10 a day (2011 PPP) (%) · SI.POV.GAP2 · catalog only Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (%) · SI.POV.LMIC.GP · catalog only Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (%) · SI.POV.UMIC.GP · catalog only Poverty gap at national poverty lines (%) · SI.POV.NAGP · catalog only Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) · SI.POV.DDAY · published Poverty headcount ratio at $3.10 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) · SI.POV.2DAY · catalog only Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) · SI.POV.LMIC · published Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) · SI.POV.UMIC · catalog only Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) · SI.POV.NAHC · published Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) · SI.DST.50MD · catalog only Rate 75/25 · 3.0.RATE75-25 · catalog only Rate 90/10 · 3.0.RATE90-10 · catalog only Survey mean consumption or income per capita, bottom 40% (2005 PPP $ per day) · SI.SPR.PC40.05 · catalog only Survey mean consumption or income per capita, bottom 40% of population (2021 PPP $ per day) · SI.SPR.PC40 · catalog only Survey mean consumption or income per capita, total population (2005 PPP $ per day) · SI.SPR.PCAP.05 · catalog only Survey mean consumption or income per capita, total population (2021 PPP $ per day) · SI.SPR.PCAP · published Theil Index, GE(1) · 3.0.THEILIND1 · catalog only Theil Index, GE(1), Rural · 3.1.THEILIND1 · catalog only Theil Index, GE(1),Urban · 3.2.THEILIND1 · catalog only Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines (%) · SI.POV.URGP · catalog only Urban poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of urban population) · SI.POV.URHC · catalog only Vulnerable ($4-10 a day) Headcount · 1.0.HCOUNT.VUL4TO10 · catalog only Vulnerable ($4-10 a day) Headcount-Rural · 1.1.HCOUNT.VUL4TO10 · catalog only Vulnerable ($4-10 a day) Headcount-Urban · 1.2.HCOUNT.VUL4TO10 · catalog only