Data from the World Bank's analytical reports and poverty monitoring programs, produced in collaboration with national institutions and other agencies. It includes internationally comparable poverty and inequality measures generated since 1990. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-27.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty based on reported poverty measures
- Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy using inequality indicators
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods described in the source reports
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, a recognized authority on global poverty.
- Includes internationally comparable estimates and lines produced since 1990.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work and poverty monitoring programs conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society.
- Time Range
- Data generation referenced since 1990; specific temporal coverage of the file is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 22:08:33.942831; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Brazil