Why an extreme poverty line is still needed Daniel Gerszon MahlerChristoph LaknerUmar Serajuddin August 25, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/why-an-extreme-poverty-line-is-still-needed Since 1990, the World Bank has tracked extreme poverty around the world using an international poverty line, often referred to as the extreme poverty line. Ending poverty under this line, currently set at $3 per person per day in 2021 prices, has long been integral to the mission of the World Bank and it underpins the first target of the Sustainable Development Goals.