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3.1.1 Poverty reduction


๐ŸŒ Geographical knowledge and understanding

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The World by Income [according to the World Bank]


World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025

  1. Build the following table in your notes. You will find each country's geographic regionย hereย (look for Geographic Region in the left-hand menu). The World Bank classifications can be found on the map above. The current poverty situation (Poverty headcount ratio at $3 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)) can be found using these country profiles from theย World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform.
Geographic region World Bank classification Current poverty situation โ†’ Poverty headcount ratio at $3 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia Australia and New Zealand High income 0.50
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUSA
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela

Global progression towards poverty reduction


https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-population-in-extreme-poverty-absolute

  1. Describeย the trends (change over time) using three bullet points and the 'Oh so easy' approach, since 1950.

Regional/continental progress towards poverty reduction