In Taiwan, the poverty line, that is to say the "minimum standard of living," is set at 60 % of the previous year's average individual living expenditure as ascertained by the DGBAS.
所謂的貧窮線，亦即「最低生活水準」，是依中央主計機關所公布各縣市最近一年平均每人每月消費性支出的 60％來界定。