More than a billion people in the world, mainly children, suffer acute povertyrevealed a recent report from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The 2024 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) registry, produced in conjunction with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), compiled figures from 112 countries and covered a population of 6.3 billion.
To conclude the finding, the organizations started from indicators such as housing, sanitation, access to electricity, nutrition and educationshowing that poverty is three times higher in countries in conflict.
Yanchun Zhang, chief statistician of the UNDP, highlighted that this year’s MPI reveals a “sobering picture,” because 1.1 billion people live in multidimensional povertyof which 455 million are in conflict contexts, which is aggravated by the struggle to satisfy basic needs.
Furthermore, it was highlighted that approximately 584 million people under 18 years oldThat is, 27.9 percent of all children in the world live in conditions of extreme poverty, compared to 13.5 percent of adults.
“On some level, these findings are intuitive. But what surprised us was the great magnitude of people who struggle to live a decent life and at the same time fear for their safety: 455 million,” he concluded.