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Relative Poverty

A relative measure when people earn a level of income significantly less than the average income for society.

Below is an illustration of how relative poverty classes someone as poor based on their household income relative to the average household income in the country. So this measure is not saying that individuals cannot afford a minimum standard of living but relative to the rest of the country they are in a worse situation.

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