Poverty & Economic Inequality
There are three kinds of poverty:
Poverty of Money
Poverty of Meaning
Poverty of Relationships
Global Extreme Poverty
Most people in the world live in poverty. Two-thirds of the world population live on less than 10 $-int per day. And every tenth person lives on less than 1.90 $-int per day. Both can be seen in this visualization.
11 FACTS ABOUT GLOBAL POVERTY
10% of the world's population lives on less than $1.90 a day.
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Global poverty lines are used to measure the financial dimension of poverty. The thresholds of $1.90, $3.20, and $5.50 per day represent different standards for poverty around the world. People living on $1.90 per day are considered to live in extreme poverty.[1]
Money isn’t a complete measure of poverty. Other dimensions of poverty include access (or lack thereof) to work, health, nutrition, education, sanitation, housing, etc.[2]
In 2015 (the latest estimates available), 10% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 a day).[3]
Half of the 736 million people living in extreme poverty globally live in five countries: India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.[4]
It’s estimated that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global recession, poverty rates will increase for the first time since 1990. [5]
Internationally, 2.2 million people lack access to a safely-managed drinking water service (located nearby, available when needed, and free from contamination).[6]
Approximately 297,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water.[7]
About 13% of people globally do not have access to electricity, and 40% of people globally do not have access to clean fuels for cooking.[8]
Malnutrition is the leading cause of poor health and death around the world. Globally, 1 in 9 people is hungry or undernourished.[9]
A study of 13 developing countries found that government spending on education and health accounted for 69% of the total reduction of economic inequality.[10]
The entire health budget of Ethiopia, a country of 105 million people, is equivalent to just 1% of the fortune of the world’s richest man, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.[11]
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