Economics

Poverty and inequality - extreme poverty, Gini

Poverty and inequality indicators curated by Our World in Data. Slugs include share-of-population-in-extreme-poverty (World Bank PIP $2.15/day line) and economic-inequality-gini-index (World Bank PIP Gini). Published under CC BY 4.0; attribution names the upstream World Bank PIP source.

get/api/v1/owid/poverty-inequality

Query parameters

slugstring

OWID chart slug (see /owid/catalog?theme=poverty-inequality).

countrystring nullable

Country filter (ISO3 or multi).

start_yearinteger nullable

Inclusive start year.

end_yearinteger nullable

Inclusive end year.

Response

Country-year observations for the poverty or inequality slug with CC BY 4.0 dual attribution.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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