It is critical to tackle poverty in all its dimensions. They comprise more than half of those living in extreme poverty, yet their share of the total population is just 31 percent. The outlook is also grim for almost half of the world’s population, which lives on less than $6.85 a day – the measure used for upper-middle-income countries.Ĭhildren are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty. At current rates of progress, the world will likely not meet the global goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, with estimates indicating nearly 600 million people will still be struggling in extreme poverty by then.Įxtreme poverty is concentrated in places where it will be hardest to eradicate-parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, conflict-affected areas, and in rural areas. Low-income countries, which saw poverty increase during this period, have not yet recovered and are not closing the gap.Īt the mid-point of the SDGs, the world is off track. Just over half of these people live in Sub-Saharan Africa.Īfter several decades of continuous global poverty reduction, a period of significant crises and shocks resulted in around three years of lost progress between 2020-2022. Almost 700 million people around the world live today in extreme poverty – they subsist on less than $2.15 per day, the extreme poverty line.

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