poverty line

noun

1. a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.

Example Sentences

About 39 percent of Ethiopia's 130 million people lived below the poverty line -- less than $3 a day -- in 2021, a figure the World Bank projected will rise to 43 percent this year.

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Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 75% of its 30 million people living below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.

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Tchiroma drew several thousand people to his campaign rallies across the country, where four in 10 people were living below the poverty line in 2024, according to the World Bank.

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City officials estimated the project would shave as much as 30 minutes from South Side residents’ travel times and create 12,500 construction jobs in neighborhoods where 24% of residents live below the poverty line.

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However, around 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, according to World Bank figures for 2024, and unemployment stands at 35 percent in the major cities.

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