Global Poverty Index Rises, Hits 1.2 Billion In 16 Years
UNDP said population growth and limited new data helped drive the increase, while more than half of those in acute poverty were children.
- On Oct 12, the United Nations Development Programme reported the global poverty index rose to 1.2 billion people for the first time since 2010, with 51.5 million more people living in "acute" poverty compared to the previous year.
- Population growth drove the recorded increase, though new data was only available for 13 of the 108 developing countries covered by the report. The majority of the world's poorest people reside in Saharan Africa and South Asia, particularly the Indian subcontinent.
- UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo called the increase a "wake-up call for the world," noting that more than half of those in poverty are Children facing Hunger, missed schooling, and lack of clean water or electricity.
- Some 33 nations have halved their poverty rates in the past 15 years; Egypt, Nepal, and Tajikistan saw significant decreases, while China and Vietnam achieved rapid progress in poverty reduction.
- The index tracks indicators such as housing, sanitation, electricity, cooking fuel, food, and education to measure hardship; in Angola and Zambia, population growth currently offsets poverty rate declines, resulting in rising absolute poverty numbers.
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In 108 countries of the world, 1.2 billion people are suffering from extreme poverty, more than half of them children; according to a United Nations report, their number increased by 51.5 million over the year.
It is the first time since 2010 that multidimensional poverty has increased. Of the total of 1.2 billion, 83% live in rural areas, with more than half of the people affected being children.
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