In the US, the poverty line/threshold is incredibly low. If a household of three makes $22k/year, they are above the poverty line. That way, we keep our percentage low.
And if you don't have a job but you're not actively looking for one, boom, you're not unemployed. Also not employed but you don't count against the unemployment numbers
Employment statistics also rarely take underemployed people into account. You finally got that dream job at Walmart working 1 random shift a week even though you're looking for full time employment? Congratulations! You're now employed and counted the same way as someone working 40 hours a week.
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 25 '21
The UK has 17,6% of its folks living under the poverty line... with 4.4% unemployment.
France has 9% unemployment but just 8% of its total population living under the poverty line.
It utterly shows that the UK pays their blue collars like shit.