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I’m not sure what this comment is saying? Poverty as a percentage of population has steadily declined globally, same with starvation, etc. 70 years ago 50% of
by soared 4y ago
I’m not sure what this comment is saying? Poverty as a percentage of population has steadily declined globally, same with starvation, etc.
70 years ago 50% of the world lived in extreme poverty, today it’s 11%.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-living-in-extreme-poverty-cost-of-basic-needs?country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-population-livin...
The population in 1950 was 2.5 billion, so 1.25 billion living in extreme poverty. Todays population is 7.6 billion, so 840 million living in extreme poverty.
Undernourishment has the sametrend, data once 1991:
https://images.fastcompany.net/image/upload/w_596,c_limit,q_auto:best,f_auto/wp-cms/uploads/2017/09/5-after-years-of-progress-worldwide-hunger-is-once-again.jpg https://images.fastcompany.net/image/upload/w_596,c_limit,q_...