Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
Indicators:
- Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
Proportion of population below $1 per day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.08 a day at 1993 international prices. The one dollar a day poverty line is compared to consumption or income per person and includes consumption from own production and income in kind. This poverty line has fixed purchasing power across countries or areas and is often called an “absolute poverty line” or measure of extreme poverty.
- Poverty gap ratio (incidence multiplied by depth of poverty)
Poverty gap ratio is the mean distance separating the population from the poverty line (with the non-poor being given a distance of zero), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line.
- Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
Share of the poorest quintile in national consumption is the income that accrues to the poorest fifth of the population.
Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Indicators:
- Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age
Prevalence of (moderately or severely) underweight children is the percentage of children under five years old whose weight for age is less than minus two standard deviations from the median for the international reference population ages 0–59 months. The international reference population was formulated by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as a reference for the United States and later adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for international use (often referred to as the NCHS/WHO reference population). - Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
Proportion of the population below the minimum level of dietary energy consumption is the percentage of the population whose food intake falls below the minimum level of dietary energy requirements. This is also referred to as the prevalence of under-nourishment, which is the percentage of the population that is undernourished.
For more information on the subject:
 | Indicators for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals--Definitions, Rationale, Concepts and Sources The present handbook provides guidance on the definitions, rationale, concepts and sources of data for each of the indicators that are being used to monitor the goals and targets. For more information, please visit the United Nations Statistics Division website |
