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The report, presented today at Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, also highlights that around 1.1% of Surinamese live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than $2.15 daily. The assessment comes at a crucial time as Suriname is gradually emerging from a severe economic crisis.
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.
1 gru 2023 · The first, conservative estimates indicate that for 18.9 percent of Suriname’s population the daily value of their real consumption lies below this threshold. The picture does not differ much when applying Suriname’s national moderate poverty line or the IDB’s moderate poverty line. [1]
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.
26 paź 2022 · To track progress towards its goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030, the UN relies on World Bank estimates of the share of the world population that fall below the International Poverty Line. In September 2022, the figure at which this poverty line is set shifted from $1.90 to $2.15.
9 kwi 2024 · The new global poverty lines of $2.15, $3.65, and $6.85 reflect the median national poverty lines of low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries in 2017 prices. In addition to reflecting updates in nominal terms, upper-middle-income countries raised the standards by which they determine people to be poor from 2011 to 2017.
Re-forms to social protection and education programs, as well as enhanced participa-tion of women in the labor market, will be key for accelerating poverty reduction. Suriname is exposed to natural disaster hazards due to irregular precipitation (floods and droughts).
