Poverty
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Statistics
- 10% live in extreme poverty, and 2/3 of the world live at under $10 per day [1]
- About 1/2 the world population lives on less than $5.50/day - defined as 'struggling to meet basic needs' - [2]
Metrics
- Start with the founding metric by Mollie Orshansky [3]
Earnings
- Global poverty line is under $2/day. [4]
- US poverty line is about $1k/month. $500 in American Samoa. [5]
