POVERTY IN THE

WORLD TODAY

WHAT IS POVERTY????

A state or condition in which a person or community

lacks the financial resources and essentials to enjoy a
minimum standard of life and well-being that's
considered acceptable in society.

TYPES OF POVERTY
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Situational Poverty
Generational or Chronic Poverty

DEFINITION OF THE TYPES OF POVERTY

Absolute Poverty

Situational Poverty

Generational or Chronic
Poverty

Is the extreme kind of

poverty involving the
chronic lack of basic food,
clean water, health and
housing.

Situational poverty occurs

Is a type of poverty that can
when an individual or a
exist from one generation to
group suddenly faces
the next.
poverty because of external
circumstances and is usually
a temporary situation.

CAUSES OF POVERTY
Lack of money
Natural diasters
Lack of Education
Overpopulation
High divorce rates
Environmental problems such as lack of rainfall.

POVERTY WORLDWIDE

The
top five poorest countries in the worldare India (with 33% of the world's poor), China (13%
), Nigeria (7%), Bangladesh (6%) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (5%).
Adding another five countries Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya would include
almost80% of the world's extreme poor.

Approximately 1.2 billion people nearly as many as the entire population of India still
live without access to electricity.
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts formore than one-thirdof the world's extreme poor.
Combining results from 27 Sub-Saharan African countries,
54% of residents are living in extreme poverty the highest proportion among global regions w
orldwide.
About
75% of the world's poor peoplelive in rural areas, depending on agriculture for their livelihood.

POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

POVERTY WORLDWIDE

Nearly 1/2 of the worlds population more than 3 billion people live on
less than $2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty less
than $1.25 a day.
805 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat. Food banks
are especially important in providing food for people that cant afford it
themselves. Run a food drive outside your local grocery store so people in
your community have enough to eat.
More than 750 million people lack adequate access to clean drinking water.
Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand
hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or
approximately 2,300 people per day.
1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty. According to UNICEF,
22,000 children die each day due to poverty.
In 2011, 165 million children under the age 5 were stunted (reduced rate of
growth and development) due to chronic malnutrition.
to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.

GRAPH SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

LIVING ON LESS THAT A 1.25 A DAY

EFFECTS OF POVERTY
Hunger
Thirst
Malnutrition
Illness
Death

A FEW WAYS TO PREVENT/ END

POVERTY
Education Providing a quality education to children will create positive change in a
childs life.
Healthcare Adequate access to healthcare is essential to ensuring health and
wellness.
Water and Sanitation Prevention of disease in communities is largely dependent
on adequate facilities.