More than 1.4 billion people have an income of less than $1 a day

Target 1.A – Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

Monitors

1.1. Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day 
1.2. Poverty gap ratio 
1.3. Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

Target 1.B – Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Monitors

1.4. Growth rate of GDP per person employed 
1.5. Employment-to-population ratio 
1.6. Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day 
1.7. Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment

Target 1.C – Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Monitors

1.8. Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age 
1.9. Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

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