- The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (of the world's countries) is less than the combined wealth of the world's 3 richest people!
- 20% of the population in developed nations consume 86% of the world's goods!
- Approximately 790,000,000 people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost 66% of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific!
- 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death. That is about 210,000 children each week, or almost 11,000,000 children under age 5, each year!
- Across the world, 130,000,000,000 people live on less than $1.00 a day; 3,000,000,000 live on under $2.00 a day; 1,300,000,000 have no access to clean water; 3,000,000,000 have no access to sanitation; 2,000,000,000 have no access to electricity!
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Percentage of population living below the
international poverty line in Asia
Country
|
% population
living under US$1.25
(PPP) a day
|
% population
living under US$2 (PPP) a day
|
Cambodia
|
22.75
|
53.27
|
China
|
13.06
|
29.27
|
East
Timor
|
33.44
|
72.87
|
India
|
32.67
|
68.72
|
Indonesia
|
18.06
|
46.12
|
Laos
|
33.88
|
66.00
|
Malaysia
|
0.00
|
2.27
|
Myanmar
|
n.a
|
n.a
|
Nepal
|
24.82
|
57.25
|
Pakistan
|
21.04
|
60.19
|
Philippines
|
18.42
|
41.53
|
Sri
Lanka
|
7.04
|
29.13
|
Vietnam
|
16.85
|
43.36
|
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