10 Sad Facts About Poverty
10 Sad Facts About Poverty
The devastating reality of poverty becomes clear when you begin to understand the facts. These following facts contain statistics to help educate you about issues facing humans in poverty.
1
20,000 children die worldwide every day due to poverty.
2
Nearly 1 billion people will go to bed hungry tonight.
3
80% of humanity lives on less than US$10 per day.
4
1 billion people still defecate in the open, in the absence of a toilet.
5
The poorest place in the U.S. is Allen, South Dakota, where 96% are Native American.
6
Picasso burned most of his early works to keep his apartment warm because he was poor.
7
In China, over 35 million people still live in caves.
8
64% of World's Extreme Poor Live in Just 5 Countries: India, China, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Congo.
9
U.S. Families living in extreme poverty, with less than US$$2 per day, has doubled to 1.5 million since 1996.
10
Almost 1/4 of all humans live without electricity - approximately 1.6 billion people.
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