Poverty Questions

Check out these 10 poverty questions to learn more.

1. How much would it cost annually to end extreme poverty worldwide?

 
 
 
 
 

2. What percentage of the world’s poor do not have access to electricity?

 
 
 
 
 

3. In Haiti, consistently one of worlds poorest nations, post-2010 earthquake aid totalled $13Bn—but where did 90% go?

 
 
 
 
 

4. How many people fall back into poverty each year due to healthcare costs?

 
 
 
 
 

5. In which region is the gender poverty gap largest?

 
 
 
 
 

6. What percentage of communities in Africa lack clean water?

 
 
 
 
 

7. Which country has the lowest literacy rate?

 
 
 
 
 

8. Approximately what percentage of global income goes to the richest 10% of the population?

 
 
 
 
 

9. What percentage of their GDP do the wealthiest countries donate in foreign aid on average?  The UN target is 0.7%

 
 
 
 
 

10. What percentage of the world’s 1.3 billion poor are women?

 
 
 
 
 

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