Fill in the blanks below.The info reported in the graphic shows that the current estimate is that ___________% of the global population now live in extreme poverty, using a measure based on a $1.90 per day wage.The figure is adjusted using the cost of living and inflation, and it also takes into account the minimum needed for daily essentials in places where poverty is prevalent.In comparison, some 1.9 billion, then about __________% of the world population, were living in extreme poverty in 1980. THE DECLINE OF EXTREME POVERTY IN PERSPECTIVEWhat the latest data from the World Bank reveals on global povertySince 1990, the number of people living inextreme poverty has declined by one billion.11.2%The share ofpeople aroundthe world livingin extremepoverty wasover 40% in theearly 1980s.The global povertyrate is now lower10.0%than it has ever beenin recorded history.8.6%1990201020181980Poverty headcount % ratio, 2015Conflics in Syriaand Yemen havecaused the povertyrate to rise in theMiddle East andNorth Africa region.VEUROPE& CENTRAL ASIA2013 20151.6% 1.5%AMIDDLE EAST& NORTH AFRICAVEAST ASIA2013 20152.6% 5.0%& PACIFIC2013 20153.6% 2.3%LATIN AMERICA& THE CARIBBEANvSOUTHRoughly half of theworld's countries now2013 2015ASIA4.6%4.1%2013 201516.2% 12.4%have poverty ratesbelow 3 percent.VSUB-SAHARANAFRICA2013 201542.5% 41.11%50%Where Extreme Poverty PersistsExtreme poverty isdefined as living onless that $1.90 (ppp.2011) per day.47.2MEast AsiaSub-Saharan Africa& Pacific413.3MLatin America& Caribbean25.9MSouth Asia216.4M18.6MMiddle East& North AfricaEurope& Central Asia7.1Mvisualcapitalist.com OSOURCE: The World Bank (2018)

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The info reported in the graphic shows that the current estimate is that ___________% of the global population now live in extreme poverty, using a measure based on a $1.90 per day wage.

The figure is adjusted using the cost of living and inflation, and it also takes into account the minimum needed for daily essentials in places where poverty is prevalent.

In comparison, some 1.9 billion, then about __________% of the world population, were living in extreme poverty in 1980.

THE DECLINE OF EXTREME POVERTY IN PERSPECTIVE
What the latest data from the World Bank reveals on global poverty
Since 1990, the number of people living in
extreme poverty has declined by one billion.
11.2%
The share of
people around
the world living
in extreme
poverty was
over 40% in the
early 1980s.
The global poverty
rate is now lower
10.0%
than it has ever been
in recorded history.
8.6%
1990
2010
2018
1980
Poverty headcount % ratio, 2015
Conflics in Syria
and Yemen have
caused the poverty
rate to rise in the
Middle East and
North Africa region.
VEUROPE
& CENTRAL ASIA
2013 2015
1.6% 1.5%
AMIDDLE EAST
& NORTH AFRICA
VEAST ASIA
2013 2015
2.6% 5.0%
& PACIFIC
2013 2015
3.6% 2.3%
LATIN AMERICA
& THE CARIBBEAN
vSOUTH
Roughly half of the
world's countries now
2013 2015
ASIA
4.6%
4.1%
2013 2015
16.2% 12.4%
have poverty rates
below 3 percent.
VSUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
2013 2015
42.5% 41.1
1%
50%
Where Extreme Poverty Persists
Extreme poverty is
defined as living on
less that $1.90 (ppp.
2011) per day.
47.2M
East Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
& Pacific
413.3M
Latin America
& Caribbean
25.9M
South Asia
216.4M
18.6M
Middle East
& North Africa
Europe
& Central Asia
7.1M
visualcapitalist.com O
SOURCE: The World Bank (2018)

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