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World Population by Income

2011 SHARE PERCENTAGE POINT CHANGE

POOR LOW INCOME MIDDLE INCOME UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME HIGH INCOME

56% of people globally are low income

People living on $2.01-10 daily are classified as low income

Please select a country The map above shows the proportion of people
within a country that were low income in 2011. A
low-income status is the prevalent standard for
Global population distribution by income, 2011
people in most of Africa and Asia. Some nine-in-ten
Poor 15% people (89%) in Armenia are low income.
Low income 56%
The income groups are defined as follows: The poor
Middle income 13% live on $2 or less daily, low income on $2.01-10,
Upper-middle income 9% middle income on $10.01-20, upper-middle income

High income 7% on $20.01-50, and high income on more than $50;

figures expressed in 2011 purchasing power parities
Global percentage point change, 2001 to 2011 in 2011 prices.

Poor -14 Report: A Global Middle Class is More Promise

Low income 6 than Reality

Middle income 5
Upper-middle income 2
High income 1

Source: Pew Research Center analysis of data from the World Bank PovcalNet database (Center for Global Development version available on the Harvard Dataverse
Network) and the Luxembourg Income Study database

Updated August 13, 2015: This new edition includes corrected estimates for Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Taiwan, and some related aggregated data.

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