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Poverty Indicators
Summary of the Niue Poverty Line Calculations
| NZ$ 2002 prices per Capita per Week |
Poverty | Hardship |
| Purchasing Power Parity Poverty Line (PPPPL) |
US$1/day $26.50 |
US$2/day $53.00 |
| Food Poverty Line (FPL) |
2100Cal/day $33.70 |
3000Cal/day $42.50 |
| Basic Needs Poverty Line (BNPL) |
Minimal BN $55.00 |
Sufficient BN $86.00 |
| Relative Poverty Line (RPL) |
50% of Median $103.30 |
Lowest Quintile $133.50 |
Summary of the Niue Population to Water, Sanitation and Land
|
2002 |
|||
| Urban | Rural | Total | |
| Share
of poorest quintile in national consumption |
0.60% | ||
| Access
to safe sustainable access to improved drinking water (% population) |
*100% | *100% | *100% |
| Proportion
of population with access to improved sanitation |
*100% | *99.94% | *99.96% |
| Proportion
of households with access to secure tenure (owned or rented) |
*100% | ||
Note: Total Household Expenditure is used to measure the national consumption
* - Niue Census of Population and Housing 2001
Source: Statistics Niue
Summary of findings
of the Poverty Analysis for Niue based on the HIES 2002
·
No households
fell below the absolute poverty line of US$1/day.
·
All
households had total per capita expenditure above the food poverty line.
·
Almost all
households had sufficient income to meet their daily costs-of-living for both
food and other essential expenditure.
| Poverty | Hardship | |||
| Poverty Measure | % Households | % Population | % Households | % Population |
| Purchasing Power Parity Poverty Line (PPPPL) | 0% | 0% | * | * |
| Food Poverty Line (FPL) | 0% | 0% | * | * |
| Basic Needs Poverty Line (BNPL) | * | * | 8% | 13% |
| Relative Poverty Line (RPL) | 14% | 15% | 20% | 24% |
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Around 14 percent of households fall below 50% of median per-capita expenditure.
-
An estimated 8 percent of households spent less than was considered sufficient to meet both essential and discretionary expenditures.
On average higher spending households have twice the income and spend twice as much as lower spending households.
| Household Expenditure | Household Income | |
| 1st Quintile | $6,950 | $6,500 |
| 2nd Quintile | $9,400 | $8,000 |
| Median | $10,750 | $10,100 |
| 3rd Quintile | $12,100 | $11,900 |
| 4th Quintile | $16,500 | $17,350 |
There were differences in the gender of householder, location of household, and number of children and workers of households in the lowest expenditure quintile (20%) compared to higher quintiles.
| Gender of Householder | Higher Quintiles | % | Lowest Quintile | % | Total | % |
| Males< | 329 | 81 | 55 | 55 | 384 | 76 |
| Females | 75 | 19 | 45 | 45 | 120 | 24 |
| Total | 404 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 504 | 100 |
A full report on Poverty of Niue can be found by following this link - 
Source: Statistics Niue - census of population
Date this website was last updated:Wednesday, 17 June 2009