1. Young people aged 10–24 account for about 1.8 billion of the world’s population. 90{5d21ca8f3af2f37b0bc16927eb571d1ae99c4ba19a2ec08b589c9cc4ef87832d} of them live in developing countries.

2. Tax‑to‑GDP ratios in the poorest countries average about 13% — half the level in high‑income nations. This constrains public investment in health, education, and infrastructure. 

3. Climate Impact: Climate change could push 132 million more people into poverty by 2030 

4. Even in high-income countries, relative poverty exists, affecting millions who live below national poverty lines (e.g., 10-15% of the population in the US and Europe). 

5. By 2030, with many of the world’s poor being forced to leave their rural homes to move into poor quality urban housing, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities with more than 10 million inhabitants.