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It might be worth taking a quick glance at those articles again to make sure you're making a meaningful comparison. The US poverty figures you quote are for an
by jasonkester 14y ago
It might be worth taking a quick glance at those articles again to make sure you're making a meaningful comparison.
The US poverty figures you quote are for an income of $23k/yr, or ~$11/hr. In that chart you quote for China, you notice that even the 71% mark only gets you up to $5/day (so $0.60/hr).
- lallysingh 14y agoFrack me. Good point! Edit: thinking about it. Isn't the poverty line relative to the cost of living? It may take a lot less money to feed and clothe a family in China than in the US.
- usaar333 14y agoCorrect. The number of people living in the US under the UN definition of poverty is ~0