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World Poverty Statistics
Poverty- the condition in which a person lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of life including food, safe drinking water, sanitation, shelter, health care and basic education.
- Half the world - nearly 3 billion people - live on less than two dollars a day.
- 640 million have no adequate shelter
- 1 in 7 has no access to health services
- The richest 2% of the world's population own HALF of the world's wealth.
| People living below the poverty line |
| Eastern Europe |
25 million
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| Latin America |
60 million |
| Africa |
300 million |
| Asia |
1 billion |
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