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Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion

Category Social Inclusion
KPI Name Poverty
KPI No. SC: SH: SI: 3C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Percentage of inhabitants living in poverty
Description

Rationale / “Reducing poverty has become an international concern, yet there is no
Interpretation / international consensus on guidelines for measuring poverty.
Benchmarking
In pure economic terms, income poverty is when a family's income fails to meet a
federally established threshold that differs across countries. Typically, it is measured
with respect to families and not the individual and is adjusted for the number of
persons in a family. Economists often seek to identify the families whose economic
position (defined as command over resources) falls below some minimally
acceptance level. Similarly, the international standard of extreme poverty is set to
the possession of less than USD 1.00 a day.” (UNESCO)

The percentage of the city’s population living in poverty is an indicator of social
equality and reflects levels of economic and social marginality and/or inclusiveness
in a city.
Cities should report based on national poverty thresholds which vary for each
country/city.

A declining trend and lower values are considered positive.
Source(s) NOTE – UNESCO. Poverty. Retrieved from <http:// www .unesco .org/ new/ en/ social
-and -human -sciences/ themes/ international -migration/ glossary/ poverty/ >

Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of city inhabitants living below the poverty line.
Denominator: Total number of city inhabitants.
Multiply by 100.

Unit Percentage
Data Sources National poverty thresholds can be used to determine the poverty level of a city.
/ Relevant NOTE – These can be retrieved from the World Bank website
Databases
<www .worldbank .org>
SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 1.1: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere,
currently measured as people living on less than USD 1.25 a day.
Verification Ensure national poverty levels is used.
Guidance
Check city population for consistency.
Check data sources.

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