Key facts
Contents & fields
This dataset contains the World Bank indicator SI.DST.50MD, the proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income. Data are based on household surveys, provided by country, year, and value. No field-level description is disclosed on the source page.
Research uses
Can be used for studies on income inequality, poverty measurement, social welfare policy evaluation, etc.
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Access & license
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | Free to access
Why this is hard to get on your own
When obtaining global income inequality indicators, one often needs to integrate data from multiple sources, and definitions and survey methods vary widely.
