Indicator 1.10 Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) - proxy indicator

This proxy indicator shows the share of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina living below the international poverty line of USD 8.30 per day, expressed in terms of 2021 purchasing power parity (PPP), and is intended to measure monetary poverty in upper-middle-income countries. It enables the monitoring of monetary poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina and provides additional information relevant to tracking the Sustainable Development Goal related to poverty reduction. The original EU SDG indicator 1.10 monitors persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which is why these two indicators differ in definition and scope.

The data source is the World Bank, World Development Indicators database, specifically the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The international poverty line of USD 8.30 per day in 2021 PPP is intended to measure monetary poverty in upper-middle-income countries. The indicator represents the estimated percentage of the population whose income or consumption falls below this threshold, based on household survey data and the World Bank’s methodology. For Bosnia and Herzegovina, values are available for selected years between 2001 and 2021. Due to the irregular time series and the differences between the proxy and the original EU indicator, the portal does not display an automatic progress assessment against the original EU SDG indicator.

The data refer to the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina and measure monetary poverty against an internationally defined threshold. They allow international comparisons with countries assessed using the same poverty line, subject to the methodological limitations of international estimates. This indicator differs from the original EU SDG indicator 1.10, which covers the risk of poverty or social exclusion. Due to differences in definitions and measurement methods, the proxy indicator’s values are not directly comparable with those of the original EU indicator.

This proxy indicator enables the monitoring of trends in monetary poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina using an internationally defined threshold. The USD 8.30 per day threshold is not Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national poverty line. No specific quantitative national target for 2030 has been confirmed for this indicator; therefore, no conclusion is drawn regarding the achievement of such a target.