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Poverty

Where Global Poverty Is Rampant

The United Nations Development Programme has released its which sheds light on the number of people around the world living in severe multidimensional poverty. That term doesn't just refer to financial poverty. Rather, it also takes other factors into account such as poor health/malnutrition, lack of clean water/electricity access, poor education, etc. The research found that there are 1.3 billion people living in multidimensional poverty in 101 countries - 23 percent of the population.

The following infographic takes a closer look at the findings, focusing on the top-10 countries with the highest rates of severe multidimensional poverty in the report with all 10 in Africa. Niger and South Sudan have the highest share of the population living in multidimensional poverty at 74.8 and 74.3 percent respectively. Chad has the third highest share at 66 percent.

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This chart shows the share of the population in severe multidimensional poverty.

U.S. poverty rate 1990-2024
Poverty rate by gender in Latin American countries 2024
Extreme poverty as share of global population in Africa 2026, by country
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Poverty rate in Poland 2008-2025
People living in poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America 1990-2025
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U.S. poverty rate 2024, by race and ethnicity

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