Bosnia and Herzegovina: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day

 Latest value 0.10
 Year 2011
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2001 - 2011
 Average 0.18
 Min - Max 0.10 - 0.30
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2011 is 0.1 percent, unchanged from 0.1 percent in 2007. In comparison, the world average is 7.19 percent, based on data from 78 countries. Historically, the average for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2011 is 0.18 percent. The minimum value, 0.1 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 0.3 percent was recorded in 2001. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

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