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\n Representation of the proportion of people in each country considered poor according to the metric developed by this research. Credit: Food Policy<\/i> (2025). DOI: 10.1016\/j.foodpol.2025.102849; licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Two billion people globally suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity and widespread micronutrient deficiencies. This contrasts with 654 million people who are classified as extremely poor according to the World Bank’s US $2.15 per day International Poverty Line (IPL).<\/p>\n

Current poverty measures overlook a crucial aspect of human well-being: adequate nutrition. In collaboration with Misereor, a research team from the University of G\u00f6ttingen has developed a new way of assessing poverty that incorporates the affordability of healthy diets in addition to other basic needs. According to these metrics, between 2.3 and 2.9 billion people globally lived in poverty in 2022. The study is published<\/a> in the journal Food Policy<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The researchers combined specific data from individual countries about the cost of a basic healthy diet\u2014based on dietary guidelines\u2014with consumption data from 145 countries to assess global poverty. Their study also highlights significant regional differences. While according to the World Bank, two-thirds of the world’s poor reside in sub-Saharan Africa, the proposed way to assess poverty indicates that over one-third are in South Asia, with sub-Saharan Africa following close behind.<\/p>\n

Moreover, according to traditional metrics, regions elsewhere account for only 7% of global poverty, but between 29% and 35% when assessed using this new app<\/a>roach\u2014with East Asia and the Pacific alone representing 10% to 19% of the world’s poor.<\/p>\n

“There are billions of people who are not classified as extremely poor by current standards, yet they cannot afford food for adequate nutrition and other basic needs, overlooking the long-term health consequences of malnutrition,” explains Jonas Stehl, Ph.D. Researcher at G\u00f6ttingen University’s Development Economics Research Group and first author of the study.<\/p>\n

“To achieve better targeting of resources, the World Bank should reconsider their approach to measuring poverty.”<\/p>\n

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\n Jonas Stehl et al, Global poverty and the cost of a healthy diet, Food Policy<\/i> (2025). DOI: 10.1016\/j.foodpol.2025.102849<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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