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{"id": 8373, "note": "This data is expressed in [international-$](#dod:int_dollar_abbreviation) at 2017 prices to adjust for inflation and for differences in living costs between countries. It relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, [per capita](#dod:per-capita).", "slug": "projections-number-extreme-poverty-current-forecast", "title": "Number of people living in extreme poverty", "yAxis": {"min": 0}, "$schema": "https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.007.json", "version": 39, "subtitle": "Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $2.15 per day. World Bank projections are based on the [current forecast scenario](#dod:wb-poverty-projection) and calculated using economic growth forecasts and historical growth trends.", "originUrl": "ourworldindata.org/poverty", "dimensions": [{"property": "y", "variableId": 1005601}, {"display": {"isProjection": true}, "property": "y", "variableId": 1005600}], "entityType": "region", "isPublished": false, "variantName": "with World Bank projections", "internalNotes": "", "entityTypePlural": "regions", "selectedEntityNames": ["Sub-Saharan Africa (PIP)", "Middle East and North Africa (PIP)", "Latin America and the Caribbean (PIP)", "South Asia (PIP)", "East Asia and Pacific (PIP)", "Europe and Central Asia (PIP)"]}