UN report says 1.1 billion people in acute poverty

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 17, 2024 2:08 pm

UNITED NATIONS, United States — More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected.

The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw the most conflicts around the world since the Second World War.

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