Below you will find example sentences with "poverty rate". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Poverty Rate in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: poverty
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26 words

Words in this phrase

poverty rate

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • poverty can mean: The quality or state of being poor; lack of money Frequent word
  • rate can mean: The worth of something; value. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

4 supplemental poverty rate understates its 1× a high poverty rate with many 1× acknowledging the poverty rate drop without 1× and a poverty rate of 40 1× and the poverty rate 1× and the poverty rate in the 1× felt the poverty rate increased with 1× has a poverty rate of 27 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and despite a 1× and the poverty 1× angel rayner said 1× as california gives 1× counties are ranked 1× ecuador has a 1×

Common sentence endings:

20 per cent 1× 240 million masses 1× 29 uninsured rate 1× 3 per cent 1× an informal job 1× by 14 percent 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

per 6× cent 6× percent 4× high 3× child 3× year 3× african 2× people 2× years 2× extreme 2× lower 2× remained 2×

Related phrases

unemployment rate interest rate exchange rate poverty line tax rate growth rate child poverty rate cuts rate cut inflation rate

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around poverty:

poverty line 20× child poverty 16× poverty rates 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

poverty line potentially dangerous potentially damaging potential impacts potential energy potential buyers

Just after it in the phrase index:

poverty rates power button power consumption power efficiency power factor power generation

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

poverty line poverty rates

Same ending:

unemployment rate interest rate exchange rate tax rate growth rate inflation rate

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "poverty rate" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 4 supplemental poverty rate understates its, a high poverty rate with many, per, cent and percent stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with unemployment rate, interest rate, exchange rate, poverty line, child poverty and poverty rates, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with poverty rate

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

As California gives immigrants access to more public programs, its poverty rate declines, some say. (15 words)

Poverty: The city has a high poverty rate, with many residents struggling to make ends meet. (16 words)

The poverty rate remained at 54% in 2001, with 24% of Peruvians living in extreme poverty. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The World Bank has noted that the poverty rate surges to 39.4 % with almost a 5% increase on a year-on-year basis, posing equal challenges to the survival of the South Asian economy together with its over 240 million masses. (42 words)

He explained that regional statistics on poverty were still very high, explaining that the poverty rate in the northern part of the country, for instance, was about 70 per cent, while the national poverty rate was about 20 per cent. (40 words)

Interested communities will be able to apply for funding to support local initiatives—with the goal of helping B.C. reduce its poverty rate by 25 per cent and its child poverty rate by 50 per cent by 2024. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

He explained that regional statistics on poverty were still very high, explaining that the poverty rate in the northern part of the country, for instance, was about 70 per cent, while the national poverty rate was about 20 per cent.

In simply acknowledging the poverty rate drop, without focusing on the much higher poverty rate of African Americans, we imply that high African American poverty rates are acceptable.

The Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that extra benefits reduced the poverty rate by 9.6 percent and the child poverty rate by 14 percent.

Interested communities will be able to apply for funding to support local initiatives—with the goal of helping B.C. reduce its poverty rate by 25 per cent and its child poverty rate by 50 per cent by 2024.

Pasadena made it to list due to its 35% unemployment rate, 20% poverty rate, and 29% uninsured rate.

Poverty: The city has a high poverty rate, with many residents struggling to make ends meet.

While still far too many people are experiencing poverty, this is the first time the poverty rate has dropped below pre-Recession levels.

Over the last 25 years, more than a billion people have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty, and the global poverty rate is now lower than it has ever been in recorded history.

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The financial constraints were also felt: the poverty rate increased with 170.000 Lebanese falling under the poverty threshold.

The poverty rate remained at 54% in 2001, with 24% of Peruvians living in extreme poverty.

In addition, life expectancy at birth is 80.2 years, about a year and a half greater than the state average – and the local poverty rate is considerably lower than the rate statewide.

And the poverty rate in the zone is 25.7%, more than two-and-half times the county rate of 9.7%, according to a demographic profile prepared by Garfield Township.

As California gives immigrants access to more public programs, its poverty rate declines, some say.

Counties are ranked on a combination of three measures – average life expectancy at birth, the share of adults with a bachelor’s degree, and the poverty rate.

Ecuador has a poverty rate of 27 per cent, with a quarter of the population either unemployed or holding down an informal job.

In a series of morning radio interviews to lay out his vision, he said he had a "clear plan" to tackle annual inflation that has hit 140 percent and a poverty rate of 40 percent.

The World Bank has noted that the poverty rate surges to 39.4 % with almost a 5% increase on a year-on-year basis, posing equal challenges to the survival of the South Asian economy together with its over 240 million masses.

And despite a strong welfare state, the poverty rate stubbornly remained at 13.3 per cent.

Angel Rayner said she was not prepared to leave office without making serious improvements to Britain's child poverty rate today.

By an even broader measure, California’s 15.4% supplemental poverty rate understates its immense economic divide.

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