To quantify poverty, the United Nations developed two measures: absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is used to quantify poverty in developing countries such as India. Relative poverty is used to measure poverty in developed countries such as the United States. Absolute poverty is defined by a line drawn at the bare minimum level of income, referred to as the poverty line. On a daily basis, a family's income falls below this level, indicating that it is impoverished or below the poverty line. If a family's daily income exceeds this level, it is considered to be either not in poverty or above the poverty line.