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Using the standardized national consumption aggregates significantly reduces the number of poor in India and the region. Table 12 presents the estimates of the number of international extreme poor in each country using the national consumption aggregates and the standardized consumption aggregates.

Table 12. 

Number of Extreme Poor Using Standardized and National Consumption Aggregates

Number of Extreme Poor (million)
Standardized Consumption AggregatesNational Consumption AggregatesDifference (1) − (2)
CountryYear(1)(2)(3)
Afghanistan 2012 na na na 
Bangladesh 2010 28.87 27.49 1.37 
Rural 2010 26.12 24.89 1.23 
Urban 2010 2.74 2.60 0.13 
Bhutan 2012 0.02 0.01 0.01 
India1 2011–2012 217.52 239.10 −21.58 
Rural 2011–2012 191.75 196.70 −4.95 
Urban 2011–2012 25.76 42.40 −16.64 
Maldives 2009 0.02 0.02 <0.00 
Nepal 2010 4.09 4.20 −0.11 
Pakistan 2010–2011 11.96 10.26 1.69 
Sri Lanka 2012–2013 0.43 0.38 0.05 
Total  262.91 281.47 −18.55 
Number of Extreme Poor (million)
Standardized Consumption AggregatesNational Consumption AggregatesDifference (1) − (2)
CountryYear(1)(2)(3)
Afghanistan 2012 na na na 
Bangladesh 2010 28.87 27.49 1.37 
Rural 2010 26.12 24.89 1.23 
Urban 2010 2.74 2.60 0.13 
Bhutan 2012 0.02 0.01 0.01 
India1 2011–2012 217.52 239.10 −21.58 
Rural 2011–2012 191.75 196.70 −4.95 
Urban 2011–2012 25.76 42.40 −16.64 
Maldives 2009 0.02 0.02 <0.00 
Nepal 2010 4.09 4.20 −0.11 
Pakistan 2010–2011 11.96 10.26 1.69 
Sri Lanka 2012–2013 0.43 0.38 0.05 
Total  262.91 281.47 −18.55 

na = not available.

Sources: Population numbers obtained from World Bank. PovcalNet. http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povOnDemand.aspx (accessed September 25, 2017); Authors’ estimates based on South Asia Harmonized Micro Dataset (accessed September 15, 2017).

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