11 Facts about Global Poverty
- Half the world – nearly three billion people – live on less than two dollars a day.
- According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each day due to poverty – that’s 18 children dying every minute, a child every three seconds.
- About 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
- For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world: 640 million are without adequate shelter, 400 million do not have access to safe water, 270 million do not have access to health services.
- About 2.2 million children die each year because they are not immunized.
- About 1.6 billion people – a quarter of humanity – live without electricity.
- Over nine million people, of which five million are children, die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition.
- Over 11 million children die each year from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.
- About 20% of the population in the developed nations consume 86% of the world’s goods.
- The poorest 40% of the world’s population accounts for 5% of the global income. The richest 20% accounts for three-quarters of world income.
- Around 27-28% of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted.
Sources:
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