Poverty Quick Facts

18 million people die every year from poverty-related causes. That’s nearly 50,000 deaths every day.

Every year, between 9 and 11 million of these deaths are children. That’s 25,000 - 30,000 children dying every day from poverty.

These statistics account for one third of all human deaths. More people die as a result of extreme poverty than of any other cause.

Children under age 18 make up 49 percent of the population of the world's least developed countries, compared with 21 percent of the population of the world's industrialized nations.

More than 2 billion people lack access to electricity and modern forms of energy.

More than 1 billion (one in five) people live on less than U.S.$1 a day.

Every day, 1,600 women and more than 10,000 newborns globally die due to complications that could have been prevented.

The annual world economy breaks down like this:
Low Income, $825 or less: 37%
Lower Middle Income, $826 to $3,255: 38%
Upper Middle Income, $3,256 to $10,065: 9%
High Income, $10,066 or more: 16%

Approximately 143 million children in the developing world (one in 13) are orphans.

More than 10 million children under age 5 die each year. Two-thirds of these deaths —more than 6 million deaths every year — are preventable.

Approximately 41 percent of the world's poor people live in India.

"Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to live. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold." - Famous Actor Brad Pitt

These facts and figures were obtained from: http://www.compassion.com/child-advocacy/find-your-voice/quick-facts/poverty-quick-facts.htm and http://www.heartsandminds.org/poverty/hungerfacts.htm