Question

Describe global poverty trends

Answer 1

The proportion of people in developing countries living in extreme economic poverty i.e. onnless then $ 1 per day as defined by world bank has fallen from 28% in 1990 to 21%

Answer 2

The global share of people in extreme poverty – those living on less than $1.90 a day – has decreased consistently since 1990, when it included over 35% of the world population, to less than 10% in 2015. ... In 2015, over one-fifth of the global population lived below $3.20 and almost a half lived below $5.50 a day.