Christoph Lakner
@christophlakner.bsky.social
Economist at World Bank Data Group. Working on poverty, (global) inequality, shared prosperity and top incomes. Opinions are my own.
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Recently, we updated the World Bank’s global poverty measures – three big changes:
(1) New survey data (especially for India)
(2) Change to 2021 PPPs
(3) New global poverty lines
Blog: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
Details: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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(1) New survey data (especially for India)
(2) Change to 2021 PPPs
(3) New global poverty lines
Blog: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
Details: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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June 2025 global poverty update from the World Bank: 2021 PPPs and new country-data
The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) updated global poverty estimates up to 2023, including nowcasted estimates up to 2025. The update includes new survey data for several country-years, adoption...
blogs.worldbank.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Recently, we updated the World Bank’s global poverty measures – three big changes:
(1) New survey data (especially for India)
(2) Change to 2021 PPPs
(3) New global poverty lines
Blog: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
Details: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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(1) New survey data (especially for India)
(2) Change to 2021 PPPs
(3) New global poverty lines
Blog: blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...
Details: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0...
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