page_title: Measuring poverty
hierarchical_section_title: Measuring poverty
caption_attribution_description: Life Expectancy at birth (years) &#160; over 80 &#160; 77.5-80 &#160; 75-77.5 &#160; 72.5-75 &#160; 70-72.5 &#160; 67.5-70 &#160; 65-67.5 &#160; 60-65 &#160; 55-60 &#160; 50-55 &#160; 45-50 &#160; 40-45 &#160; under 40 &#160; not available Life expectancy at birth (years) world map including: 1) 191 United Nations member states (all except Montenegro) 2) Republic of China - Taiwan 3) Western Sahara territory 4) 27 non-sovereign entities marked with a white hyphen (-) or a black asterisk (*): - 23 dependent territories - Hong-Kong and Macau: Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China. - Occupied Palestinian Territories: West Bank and Gaza Strip.
context_page_description: Poverty can be and is measured in different ways by governments, international organisations, policy makers and practitioners. Increasingly, poverty is understood as multidimensional, comprising social, natural and economic factors situated within wider socio-political processes. The capabilities approach also argues that capturing the perceptions of poor people is fundamental in understanding and measuring poverty.
context_section_description: Poverty can be and is measured in different ways by governments, international organisations, policy makers and practitioners. Increasingly, poverty is understood as multidimensional, comprising social, natural and economic factors situated within wider socio-political processes. The capabilities approach also argues that capturing the perceptions of poor people is fundamental in understanding and measuring poverty.
caption: World map showing life expectancy.
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