Indeed, according to World Bank, the number of people living in poverty is decreasing. % from 1820 - 2015: https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/d

Indeed, according to World Bank, the number of people living in poverty is decreasing. % from 1820 - 2015: https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/declining-world-poverty-1820-2015-step2 https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/declining-... Distribution 1988: https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/Global-Income-Distribution-1988 https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/Global-Inc... Distribution 2011: https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/Global-Income-Distribution-2011 https://ourworldindata.org/slides/world-poverty/#/Global-Inc...