The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh ... of humanity lived in what we would now consider extreme poverty. Just two centuries ago, about three-quarters of the world ...

There was a time when inflation and poverty were seen as challenges people faced. By the mid-20th century, these issues had ...

If you want to improve your finances, it may help to be aware of something called the cycle of poverty – and some of the many traps that keep you in it. What Is the Cycle of Poverty and How to ...

Alaska did not have the highest outright ... [+] poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older from 2012 to 2022. Poverty in the United States ...

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds.

I recently heard a Scottish political commentator say (and I paraphrase) "Poverty can’t be ended, no other country has done it, so why do we think we can!" It’s stuck with me. Or rather ...

Argentina’s poverty rate soared to almost 53% in the first half of the year, official data released on Thursday showed, the first hard evidence of the painful impact of libertarian President ...

A mayor is expected to announce plans to try and end child poverty and has vowed not to back down on a pledge made during her election campaign. North East mayor Kim McGuinness is due to bring ...