Poverty is the state of being extremely poor, however there are benefits of being poor for the community as large and for an individual. The benefits of poverty for the community is that a population of poor people helps to uphold conventional norms. There are moral distancing between the community's and it's people. Each culture contributes according to their own will and there are sometimes security of social locations.

For an individual living under poverty there are so many benefits which can include them having the advantage of getting monthly stipends from the local government, getting free housing, receiving food parcel every month and free access to health care facilities. They get free education and they do not pay tax if they are earning a low income.