相對貧困
與絕對貧困對應的概念是相對貧困。相對貧困是建立在將窮人的生活水平與其他不太貧困的社會成員的生活水平相比較的基礎上的，通常這包括對作為研究對象的社會總體平均水平的測度。相對貧困有三個特征：第一，它是一種由社會作出的主觀判斷。其實際上是社會上多數人對于較低生活水平的一定確認，如有的國家以全國人均收入的一定比例作為貧困標準，而有的國家則以中位收入水平的一定比例作為貧困標準。第二，它具有歷史動態性。隨著不同時期的社會生產力和生活方式的變化，貧困標準也有很大差別。第三，它具有長期性。相對貧困的實質是不平等，只要社會存在不平等，就存在相對貧困，實際上，由于不平等是常態，因而相對貧困也將普遍存在。
2020年全面建成小康社會之后，中國將整體消除絕對貧困，但相對貧困仍將長期存在。到那時，針對絕對貧困的脫貧攻堅舉措要逐步調整為針對相對貧困的日常性幫扶措施，并納入鄉村振興戰略架構下統籌安排。
Relative Poverty
Relative poverty is the result of comparing the living standards of poor people and those of other members of the society. It reveals the overall living conditions of a society as a whole.
Relative poverty has three features:
(1) It is a subjective judgment made by a society, or the majority of the residents, about lower living standards. Some countries take a certain percentage of the per capita income as the poverty threshold, while others use a certain percentage of the median income as the benchmark.
(2) It is a concept that evolves. Over time the baseline for poverty may vary due to changes in social productivity and ways of life.
(3) It is protracted in nature. Relative poverty is in essence inequality. As long as inequality exists, there is relative poverty. Since inequality always exists, relative poverty will exist everywhere.
Absolute poverty will be eliminated in China by 2020, as the country becomes moderately prosperous in all respects. But relative poverty will remain for a long time. Then the measures taken to tackle absolute poverty will gradually evolve into routine assistance to those living in relative poverty, and become part of the rural revitalization strategy.
