Proportion of population below international poverty line (%)
Proportion of population below international poverty line (%) SDG indicator SI_POV_DAY1 (SDG goal 1). Source: UN SDG Global Database. Rows are geo-area x year x disaggregation dimensions (sex, age, location/urban-rural where published).
Source: UN SDG Global Database11,407 rowsUpdated: 9/21/2026
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Quality
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Attribution
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Schema
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | timestamp | Start date of the observation year (UN SDG API field timePeriodStart). |
| year | integer | Year of observation (UN SDG API field timePeriodStart). |
| series_id | string | Stable row key: geo-area code plus the SDG dimension codes for this observation. |
| series_label | string | Human-readable label: geo-area name plus the UN SDG API dimension code descriptions for this observation. |
| geo_area_code | string | UN SDG API field geoAreaCode (UN M49 area code; aggregates such as regions and income groups use codes like 2 for Africa). |
| geo_area_name | string | Geo-area name (UN SDG API field geoAreaName). |
| age | string | Disaggregation dimension from the UN SDG API (dimension 'Age'). Provider code values include: <1M: under 1 month old; <1Y: under 1 year old; <5Y: under 5 years old; <15Y: under 15 years old; <18Y: under 18 years old; ALLAGE: All age ranges or no breaks by age. |
| location | string | Disaggregation dimension from the UN SDG API (dimension 'Location'). Provider code values include: RURAL: Rural; ALLAREA: All areas; URBAN: Urban. |
| sex | string | Disaggregation dimension from the UN SDG API (dimension 'Sex'). Provider code values include: FEMALE: Female; MALE: Male; BOTHSEX: Both sexes. |
| reporting_type | string | Disaggregation dimension from the UN SDG API (dimension 'Reporting Type'). Provider code values include: N: National; G: Global. |
| unit | string | Measurement unit description from the UN SDG API 'Units' attribute metadata for this series. |
| data_nature | string | Nature of the data point from the UN SDG API 'Nature' attribute metadata (e.g. Country data, Estimated data, Modelled data, Global monitoring data). |
| source | string | Source credit from the UN SDG API record (UN SDG API field source). Runs of 10+ digits are stripped from this per-row credit because they falsely trip the platform's phone-number PII heuristic; the full verbatim citation is preserved in the dataset description. |
| value | float | Estimate value for the geo-area, year and disaggregation dimensions, as published in the UN SDG Global Database (UN SDG API field value). Definition and unit are those of the SDG series — see the dataset description. |
Sample rows
| date | year | series_id | series_label | geo_area_code | geo_area_name | age | location | sex | reporting_type | unit | data_nature | source | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-01-01T00:00:00 | 1981 | 1.ALLAGE.ALLAREA.BOTHSEX.G | World — All age ranges or no breaks by age — All areas — Both sexes — Global | 1 | World | ALLAGE | ALLAREA | BOTHSEX | G | Percentage | Non-relevant | Poverty and Inequality Portal, World Bank | 47.1 |
| 1982-01-01T00:00:00 | 1982 | 1.ALLAGE.ALLAREA.BOTHSEX.G | World — All age ranges or no breaks by age — All areas — Both sexes — Global | 1 | World | ALLAGE | ALLAREA | BOTHSEX | G | Percentage | Non-relevant | Poverty and Inequality Portal, World Bank | 46.7 |
| 1983-01-01T00:00:00 | 1983 | 1.ALLAGE.ALLAREA.BOTHSEX.G | World — All age ranges or no breaks by age — All areas — Both sexes — Global | 1 | World | ALLAGE | ALLAREA | BOTHSEX | G | Percentage | Non-relevant | Poverty and Inequality Portal, World Bank | 46.1 |
| 1984-01-01T00:00:00 | 1984 | 1.ALLAGE.ALLAREA.BOTHSEX.G | World — All age ranges or no breaks by age — All areas — Both sexes — Global | 1 | World | ALLAGE | ALLAREA | BOTHSEX | G | Percentage | Non-relevant | Poverty and Inequality Portal, World Bank | 45.5 |
| 1985-01-01T00:00:00 | 1985 | 1.ALLAGE.ALLAREA.BOTHSEX.G | World — All age ranges or no breaks by age — All areas — Both sexes — Global | 1 | World | ALLAGE | ALLAREA | BOTHSEX | G | Percentage | Non-relevant | Poverty and Inequality Portal, World Bank | 44.7 |
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Use with an LLM
Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).
cURL
curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unsdg/poverty_headcount_3_dollar" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'Python
import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unsdg/poverty_headcount_3_dollar").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/unsdg/poverty_headcount_3_dollar
Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.