Poverty Facts

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    World Poverty Statistics
    Total Percentage of World Population that lives on less than $2.50 a day50%
    Total number of people that live on less than $2.50 a day3 Billion
    Total Percentage of People that live on less than $10 a day80%
    Total percent of World Populations that live where income differentials are widening80%
    Total Percentage of World Income the richest 20% account for75%
    Total Number of children that die each day due to Poverty22,000
    Total Number of People in Developing Countries with Inadequate Access to Water1.1 billion
    Total Number of School Days lost to Water Related Illness443 million school days
    Child World Poverty Statistics
    Number of children in the world2.2 billion
    Number of Children that live in Poverty1 billion
    Total Number of Children that live without adequate shelter640 million (1 in 3)
    Total Number of Children without access to safe water400 million (1 in 5)
    Total Number of Children with no access to Health Services270 million (1 in 7)
    Total Number of Children who die annually from lack of access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation1.4 million
    Poverty to Wealthy Ratio Statistics
    YearRatio of People at Poverty to Wealthy Level
    18203 to 1
    191311 to 1
    195035 to 1
    197344 to 1
    199272 to 1
    Source: Global Issues, The Human Development Report
    Research Date: 7.23.2012


    • Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.
    • The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined.
    • Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
    • Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
    • 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).
     Source: www.globalissues.org