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It may not be the same 10% of people who are without access to food and vaccines for example, but we know that around 10% of the world’s population live in extreme poverty. \n\n[1]  [UNDP – 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)](https:\u002F\u002Fhdr.undp.org\u002Fcontent\u002F2023-global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi#\u002Findicies\u002FMPI) \n[2]  [Hunger estimate from The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023, by UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization FAO, together with IFAD, UNICEF, WFP & WHO](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002F3\u002Fcc3017en\u002Fonline\u002Fstate-food-security-and-nutrition-2023\u002Ffood-security-nutrition-indicators.html)   \n[3]  [JMP Global database of WASH data, managed by the WHO and Unicef](https:\u002F\u002Fwashdata.org\u002Fdata\u002Fhousehold#!\u002Fdashboard\u002Fnew)  \n[4]  [UNESCO – schooling girls and boys](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1wOmoy-URJ9wO4kDduaFYdONxNyhBuoYJEgX6codJhJg\u002Fedit#gid=0) \n[5]  [Gapminder: Vaccinations for one-year-olds Dataset](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1wsC4mttEm3miJESn_Md5R8NbSOTCkEnkdO_FwoYNNFw\u002Fedit#gid=569008164)  \n[6]  [Where are on Education Recovery? UNICEF report with UNESCO and the World Bank](https:\u002F\u002Funesdoc.unesco.org\u002Fark:\u002F48223\u002Fpf0000381091)\n[7]  [Wasting data from Joint Child Malnutrition estimates by UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSH.STA.WAST.ZS)  \n","Food and water have always been the bare minimum people need. But in recent decades, vaccines, electricity, sanitation and education have become so widespread and essential to modern life that they can be added to the list of the very basics.\n\nToday, around 90% of people have enough food to eat and safe water to drink. More children are being educated than ever before – 90% of all boys and girls finish primary school. Most countries’ infrastructure has improved so much that vaccines can be kept cool enough for long enough to vaccinate 90% of the world’s babies.  \n\nThese are incredible developments, yet people don’t know about them! \n\nOf course, it is vitally important to make sure the remaining share of people in the world who don’t have easy access to these basics can get them. These are the poorest people in the world in the hardest to reach areas. But, the level of progress already reached should give us hope that reaching this last slice of humanity is not impossible!\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nThey see pictures of very poor people without enough food, living in terrible conditions and think there are more of them than there are. \n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIt is not a problem to care about the suffering of people who live in difficult conditions. But, when we think that half the world’s population don’t have access to the absolute basics, we can think that the world never improved and that can create a sense of hopelessness.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, for each individual measure (access to enough nutrition, safe water, plus education and vaccinations) the data all comes from reliable sources that are trusted by the experts. It may not be the same 10% of people who are without access to food and vaccines for example, but we know that around 10% of the world’s population live in extreme poverty. \n","Most people have the basics!"]