<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Relative poverty means low income relative to others in a country; for example, below 60% of the median income of people in that country . It is the "most useful measure for ascertaining poverty rates in wealthy developed nations". Relative poverty measure is used by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Canadian poverty researchers . In the European Union, the "relative poverty measure is the most prominent and most--quoted of the EU social inclusion indicators ." </P> <P> "Relative poverty reflects better the cost of social inclusion and equality of opportunity in a specific time and space ." </P>

Refers to the level of wealth disposable income and standard of living of a society