As a tangent, poverty line definitions vary by country, in Australia, for example, earning less than half the median wage is considered below the Australian poverty line.

Worth keeping in mind when doing any apples V oranges country by country comparisons of population percentages in poverty.

* AU: https://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/poverty/

* UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom

* US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_thresholds_(United_Sta...