UN poverty line for 2025 is $3 per person for extreme poverty. It used to be $2.15 a few years ago. And it covers only the essentials for a single person.
An Iranian household is almost 4 people (~3.9).
That means $12 per day or $360 per month for a family of 4.
Even if both parents of an Iranian household work with the minimum wage in Iran, the family will still be considered extremely poor by the UN definition.
As for China, a Confucian society, $250 per month is livable if both parents work ($250 * 2 = $500).
But as for Iran, first of all, Iran is a Muslim country where people in conservative areas prefer for the wife to be a stay at home mother, and secondly, $150 per month is still $30 short of what is considered extreme poverty by the UN, assuming both parents work.
minimum wage in Iran is below 150$ , and all things are calculated base on it ....
In rural China, many people actually do not have job security.
For instance, a woman works in a factory or restaurant near her village, earning 3,000 RMB per month, which is approximately 420 $. She also has to take care of two children and two elderly people. The government provides each elderly person with an annual pension of 800 RMB every month. Her husband has to go out to work, earning about 6,000 RMB, which is approximately 845 $
.In rural areas of China, every household has its own land. In my hometown, each household usually owns approximately 0.3 hectares of land. Every year, they can produce 2.25 tons of wheat and 2.7 tons of corn, enough to meet the food needs of the entire family
.Therefore, the monthly income for each person in a family of six is approximately $245
.It sounds good, doesn't it? But that's where the problem lies.
1。If there is an elderly family member who is ill, women cannot go out to work. They need to take care of the elderly and children, as well as tend to the crops on the farm.Then the per capita income of this family will drop to $ 178 .
2。If at this point, a man is unable to go out to work for some reason and has to find a job nearby with a monthly salary of 3,000 RMB, the per capita income of this family will drop to $ 107 .
3。If this family doesn't have even this amount of money each month, they can apply for the minimum living allowance. The government will provide you with a subsidy based on your average income, Ensure that each family member earns a minimum income of 88 dollars..
So, the poor people in China are also very miserable
