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Basic needs

Quality:

Basic needs - one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries. Article “Basic needs” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Basic needs”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 359 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 554 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2460 in February 2023
  • Global: #13747 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #5990 in August 2021
  • Global: #44952 in March 2020

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Basic needs
46.4931
2Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
38.404
3German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
35.5744
4Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
24.7568
5Vietnamese (vi)
Nhu cầu cơ bản
21.2265
6Estonian (et)
Põhivajadused
20.8174
7Romanian (ro)
Nevoi fundamentale
16.1592
8Arabic (ar)
احتياجات أساسية
15.6121
9Simple English (simple)
Basic needs
12.8806
10Hebrew (he)
צרכים בסיסיים
11.1136
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Basic needs" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Basic needs
2 190 691
2German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
1 015 902
3Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
861 343
4French (fr)
Besoin primaire
525 031
5Arabic (ar)
احتياجات أساسية
21 049
6Chinese (zh)
基本口粮
20 865
7Estonian (et)
Põhivajadused
4 258
8Simple English (simple)
Basic needs
3 371
9Basque (eu)
Oinarrizko behar
2 964
10Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
2 190
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Basic needs" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Basic needs
4 458
2German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
1 656
3French (fr)
Besoin primaire
1 155
4Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
412
5Chinese (zh)
基本口粮
78
6Simple English (simple)
Basic needs
48
7Turkish (tr)
Temel ihtiyaçlar
34
8Korean (ko)
기본적 욕구
32
9Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
30
10Vietnamese (vi)
Nhu cầu cơ bản
30
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Basic needs" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
158
2English (en)
Basic needs
110
3French (fr)
Besoin primaire
50
4Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
10
5Chinese (zh)
基本口粮
6
6Estonian (et)
Põhivajadused
5
7Arabic (ar)
احتياجات أساسية
4
8Simple English (simple)
Basic needs
4
9Hebrew (he)
צרכים בסיסיים
3
10Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Basic needs" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
1
2English (en)
Basic needs
1
3Arabic (ar)
احتياجات أساسية
0
4Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
0
5Estonian (et)
Põhivajadused
0
6Basque (eu)
Oinarrizko behar
0
7French (fr)
Besoin primaire
0
8Hebrew (he)
צרכים בסיסיים
0
9Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
0
10Korean (ko)
기본적 욕구
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Basic needs" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Catalan (ca)
Necessitat bàsica
156
2German (de)
Grundbedürfnis
125
3English (en)
Basic needs
108
4French (fr)
Besoin primaire
80
5Chinese (zh)
基本口粮
23
6Indonesian (id)
Kebutuhan primer
20
7Basque (eu)
Oinarrizko behar
9
8Estonian (et)
Põhivajadused
8
9Vietnamese (vi)
Nhu cầu cơ bản
7
10Arabic (ar)
احتياجات أساسية
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
احتياجات أساسية
caCatalan
Necessitat bàsica
deGerman
Grundbedürfnis
enEnglish
Basic needs
etEstonian
Põhivajadused
euBasque
Oinarrizko behar
frFrench
Besoin primaire
heHebrew
צרכים בסיסיים
idIndonesian
Kebutuhan primer
koKorean
기본적 욕구
roRomanian
Nevoi fundamentale
simpleSimple English
Basic needs
trTurkish
Temel ihtiyaçlar
viVietnamese
Nhu cầu cơ bản
zhChinese
基本口粮

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5990
08.2021
Global:
#44952
03.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2460
02.2023
Global:
#13747
10.2002

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Basic needs from Wikipedia articles about Maslows hierarchy of needs, Welfare spending, Poverty, Goods and Need. Whereas reading the article about Basic needs people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Maslows hierarchy of needs, Wikipedia article, Fundamental human needs, Need and Homo.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Basic needs

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