The source adds the following information: "The poor live on $2 or less daily, low income on $2.01-$10, middle income on $10.01-$20, upper-middle income on $20.01-$50, and high income on more than $50; figures expressed in 2011 purchasing power parities in 2011 prices. The estimates show the difference in the number of people in an income tier based on pre-pandemic projections and post-pandemic estimates. The term "post-pandemic" refers to the period since the onset of the pandemic in January 2020. It is assumed, that there is no change in the income distribution in a region from the benchmark year for the projection to 2020."
The COVID-19 pandemic hit many industries hard. Lots of people lost their jobs or were forced to reduce their employment radically throughout 2020. As a result, *** million more people globally were classified as poor, meaning that they lived on * U.S. dollars or less daily.
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