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The map displayed here shows how Population below poverty line varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value.
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Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) - Suriname World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national ( i.e. country–specific ) poverty lines.
17 kwi 2024 · Preliminary findings of a new poverty assessment indicate that in 2022 about 17.5 percent of the population lived below the World Bank’s upper middle-income poverty line of US$6.85 (2017 PPP) per day. [1] Suriname is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impact of flooding.
• About 17.5 percent of Suriname’s population could be classified as poor in 2022, meaning that their consumption was below the national poverty line and the World Bank’s upper-middle-income poverty line. • About 46 percent of Surinamese could be classified as multidimensionally poor. Significant
The report finds that historical inequities are still driving patterns of poverty and inequality. More than one in four Surinamese in the interior of the country lives below the upper-middle-income line, compared to about one in six at the national level.
The national poverty rate is the percentage of the total population living below the national poverty line. TARGET 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.
1 lip 2024 · This poverty and equity assessment aims to inform efforts to reduce poverty and inequality at what can be an important turning point for Suriname. The assessment draws heavily on a new survey of living conditions (SLC) carried out in 2022 to describe patterns of poverty and inequality.
