ZIMBABWE’S Total Consumption Poverty Line (TCPL) rose by 41,9 percent this month from $140 252 to $198 981 per person as a result of basic goods price increases, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. Individuals living on less than this amount are deemed “extremely poor”. The increases come with falling confidence in the…
Food prices continue to surge — Zimstat

“Food Poverty Line represents the amount of money that an individual requires to afford a daily minimum energy intake of 2 100 calories.”