Where Do the Most People Live Below $3 a Day? (Since 1963)

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🌍 Extreme Poverty Headcount Race ($3/Day) | Top 10, Extremes & Global Trend (1963–2025)

This animated visualization shows the number of people living in extreme poverty (below $3 per day) from 1963 to 2025, combining a Top 10 racing bar chart, countries with the highest and lowest extreme-poverty populations, and a line chart tracking the global trend over time.

See how the scale of extreme poverty changes across decades as population growth, economic development, and policy shifts reshape the world. The video highlights where the largest concentrations of extreme poverty are found and how global progress accelerates—or stalls—over time.

📊 What’s shown in this video:
Top 10 countries by number of people living below $3/day
Countries with the minimum and maximum extreme-poverty populations
Global extreme poverty trend line (1963–2025)
Year-by-year shifts in the distribution of extreme poverty

Based on data from the World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, processed by Our World in Data, and expressed in PPP-adjusted international dollars, this video offers a clear, data-driven view of global poverty, population dynamics, and development progress.

Ideal for viewers interested in poverty reduction, global inequality, world economics, and animated bar chart races.

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