The poorest of the poor

Alexander Hammond reports in Foundation for Economic Education,

...in 1820, 94 percent of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 per day adjusted for purchasing power). In 1990 this figure was 34.8 percent, and in 2015, just 9.6 percent.



...of those who live in extreme poverty, over 40 percent resided in just two nations: India and Nigeria.

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