Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%)

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About this dataset

The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2021 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2025Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2025Africa Western and Central
ARB2025Arab World
CSS2025Caribbean small states
CEB2025Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2025Early-demographic dividend
EAS2025East Asia & Pacific
EAP2025East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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