Researchers have developed new and more robust ways to measure global extreme poverty, based on people’s access to essential ...

As this chart below shows, the number of people living in extreme poverty in the present day, when the global population is 8.2 billion, is lower than it was than in 1820, back when the entire ...

In addition, global data on poverty is adjusted for price differences between countries, so that an income of $30 per day in Bolivia, Nigeria or India tells us what a person can afford in his or ...

By 2030, Nearly 600 Million People Will Struggle on Less Than $2.15 a Day. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2022—The world is unlikely to meet the goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 absent history-defying ...

Global unemployment remained steady last year at an historical low of 5%, where it is set to stay in 2025, the International Labour Organization said in a report on Thursday.