Global Subnational Poverty Atlas (GSAP)(v4)
Description
This data entry includes lined-up subnational poverty estimates (based on international poverty line(s)) in 2019 for more than 168 economies at the administrative unit level 1. Administrative unit level 1 refers to the highest subnational unit level (examples include ‘state’, ‘governorate’, ‘province’) from household surveys.
In 2013, the World Bank announced the goals of fighting poverty in all its forms by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity. Despite a remarkable progress made on reducing poverty in recent years, reaching the targets remains challenging. The decline in poverty has been uneven. The poverty reduction in recent years was dominated by the East Asia and Pacific (notably China and Indonesia) and South Asia (notably India) (World Bank, 2017). Despite the progress made so far, the number of extreme poor remains high, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. In many countries, vast differences in poverty levels persist at the subnational level. In addition, global problems such as climate change, fragility, economic crises and food security pose great risks for poverty reduction, and they are often trans-border issues, which generate strong positive or negative externalities across neighboring countries.