World Poverty Statistics

World poverty statistics say that the majority of the world, 80% of the population, lives on less than $10 a day. Every day, 25,000 children die from poverty. Almost 1 billion people cannot read. 1.6 billion people live without electricity.

According to world poverty statistics, diseases such as hiv/aids, malaria, tuberculosis, dysentery and diarrhea are very common. Children cannot receive basic immunizations and die from simple diseases we would normally recover relatively quickly from. It also prevents access to clean water because of pollution, adequate food supply, proper housing, bedding, education, employment, technology, communication, healthcare - all of these being basic human needs. Sometimes, rodent infestations occur, ruining any surplus crops or food a family may have. Whatever food remains will then be disease ridden.

Many times, people living in poverty suffer from hunger. World poverty statistics show that 800 million people go hungry every day.

Causes of poverty can range from war, natural disaster (such as tsunami), overpopulation, to government corruption. world poverty statistics

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Add Your Comments about World Poverty Statistics:

Name: tatum Date: Wednesday, Jan 27 2010

the governments and prime ministers of the world should be extremely ashamed of themselves, they have nothing to be proud of . They have brought the world to a phase where we have thousands of people dieing each day from poverty!

Name: mad Date: Tuesday, Dec 29 2009

very nice

Name: powon kapello Date: Thursday, Dec 17 2009

lets not waste time with questions!poverty is wasting lifes!make a achange in your sorounding-create an oportunity for others to enjoy life- by the way as toil remember others.

Name: chris Date: Wednesday, Dec 09 2009

What is this site?!
My name was mistakenly put on 2 posts below mine. I only wrote the long one criticizing the person before me about economics, and now this one.

And I would like to second that the milk for the rats is for religious reasons.

Where did this data come from, who runs this site, and what is the point?

Name: chris Date: Wednesday, Dec 09 2009

Obviously you don't understand economics. Printing money that we don't actually have is one of the major reasons why there is so much poverty. The answer does not lie in money, it lies in people's mentality - greed, impatience, selfishness, etc.

If you really want to make a difference, evaluate they way you live, and what you are doing to make a difference before asking a government to simply fix the problem by distributing money. (think of how the value of that money would change once EVERYONE has it....)

Name: chris Date: Sunday, Dec 06 2009

this is so sad the banks should have the sense to ask the government for permission to print as much money as needed to eradicate world poverty.

Name: chris Date: Thursday, Dec 03 2009

where are the statistics?

Name: reerka;dk Date: Tuesday, Dec 01 2009

Do people care? NO!!!!!!!!!!!
They would rather waste that money on designer clothes that they won't ever use or that will wear out easily.

Name: adelle Date: Thursday, Nov 26 2009

it is so sad to think that people have to try and live this way when there is so much food for everyone

Name: elsa Date: Thursday, Nov 05 2009

i think its sick how footballers such as david beckham kick a football round the pitch and earn like over 75thousand a match, theres people who save lifes and dont get as much as them. just imagine if they were on a normal wage, the other money could be distributed to the countries that are suffering.

Name: Brit Date: Sunday, Nov 01 2009

I'm pretty sure those rats were given the milk for religious/spiritual reasons, not poverty. Just saying.

Name: Brit Date: Tuesday, Oct 27 2009

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Name: powon kapello Date: Wednesday, Oct 21 2009

The girls eyes above are calling for your support-look for any charitable organizaton near you and help help help!please....
please help those beautiful future ambasonders of peace,development and unity.make them enjoy life.By your action they will enjoy life in its fulness.
powon kapelo

Name: Murat Date: Friday, Oct 16 2009

It is amazing that in this era despite all the humanitarian projects that exist the bulk of humanity allows for our brothers and sisters to suffer needlessly!

Name: Mercedes Gutierrez Date: Thursday, Oct 01 2009

I'm using this article to help me with my freshman language arts essay on how money affects lives and how the lack there of can take a devistating toll on a person and family. It's a horrible thing to know that people will spend $5700 on a designer Gucci bag, when there are other's that have to live their lives under circumstances like this. $5700 could change a poverty ridden family's lives. =(

Name: Bruce Markwell Date: Tuesday, Sep 29 2009

Please watch the film "Zeitgeist Addendum" for free on youtube, or go to theZeitgeistMovement.com.....

as Bernard Leiter, founder of the EU currency system, put it...'theres more than enough resources in the world to eliminate poverty, but clearly there's not enough money to pay for it...the problem is the Scarcity within our national currencies. In fact, its the job of the central banks to perpetuate scarcity. This is absolutely devistating to our society....

Name: powon kapelo Date: Monday, Sep 21 2009

since i first visited this pages,irealiesd thatthere are people who need my attention and your attention! lets do somthing.as you eat drink think of these faces-ohh sad!
powon

Name: powon kapelo Date: Sunday, Sep 20 2009

super presentation

Name: powon kapelo Date: Sunday, Sep 20 2009

Thank you for this very valuable information. We should all be more appreciative when we realize how many people are in poverty. We have it made.

Name: powon Date: Tuesday, Sep 15 2009

Thank you for the page it has help me do a wondrful presentation

Name: powon Date: Friday, Sep 11 2009

this is very sad. Thanks for the information. Hopefully people will see this and be compelled to stand up and help change the world

Name: Jenny Date: Friday, Sep 11 2009

Thanks very much for your great statistics! I just hope more people will read pages like this and eventually understand why we need to help people in poverty.

Name: Courtney Date: Monday, Sep 07 2009

OMG this is soooo sad i can't bear to look at pictures because it brings tears to my eyes!! ):

Name: Chrissie (Watto) Date: Thursday, Aug 27 2009

It's hard to believe what the world is coming to. There are so many people throughout the globe who own ridiculuos amounts of money; amounts suffiecient enough to eradicate poverty itself, yet still people are dying from inadequate food, shelter, water and healthcare. I can't help but feel enraged when i hear someone complain of something as insignificant as a 'broken nail' or not being able to go on myspace, because they are taking for granted the fact they live in a place that actually has access to electricity. Never underestimate how lucky you are, because it is unfair to those who dream of being 'lucky'.
Peace out

Name: Pan Date: Tuesday, Aug 25 2009

Can you please tell us which source exactly did you get the statistics from? Thanks!

Name: vanessa Date: Tuesday, Aug 04 2009

hi im doing a letter to the editor for a school request i really like this site where did you get your info from i cant seem to find that many genuine sites so thanks for putting this page up!!! and i agree with you paige.:) :)

Name: Paige Date: Monday, Aug 03 2009

this is a disgrace all the people around the world who have dinner on their plate every night are lucky humans shouldnt have to live like this!!!