Question 1

In 1980, roughly 40% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty, with less than $2 per day. What is the share today?

Question 2

How many countries (of 195) have some form of social security benefits for people with disabilities?

Question 3

Of all people aged 65 or older in high-income countries, how many live below the poverty line?

Question 4

How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last hundred years?

Question 5

How many people in the world cook using stoves that don't produce smoke?

Question 6

What share of the population in high-income countries (like Germany and the USA) live in extreme poverty (with less than $2/day)?

Question 7

How many people worldwide have their basic needs met when it comes to food, water, toilets, electricity, schooling and healthcare?

Question 8

Of all people in the world living in extreme poverty, with less than $2 a day, how many live in middle-income countries?

Question 9

Globally, an income of less than $2 a day is considered extreme poverty. In the Nordics (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland) national poverty lines are roughly:

Question 10

Worldwide, how many people living in rural areas have some access to electricity?

Question 11

Governments sometimes sell land to foreign companies. Since 2009, the total reported number of hectares sold annually worldwide has:

Question 12

Globally, a person with less than $2.15 a day is said to be living in extreme poverty. In the 40 richest countries, the national poverty lines are roughly:

Question 13

In this image the world population is split into three income groups, divided at $2/day and $24/day. Which option, A, B or C, best shows the groups' sizes in 2022?

Question 14

In the last 20 years, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has...

Question 15

If POOR means people with less than $2/day, and RICH means more than $200/day. Today the number of POOR per RICH is…

Question 16

ReliefWeb is the UN's service to coordinate disaster relief work worldwide, day and night. How many humanitarian situation reports did it publish in 2023?

Question 17

Of all people living in extreme poverty worldwide (on less than $2 a day), how many are refugees or people living in urban slums?

Question 18

What share of the world’s population live in countries where the majority are extremely poor, living with less than $2 a day?

Question 19

Of all the people in Middle-Income Countries, how many live in extreme poverty (with less than $2 a day)?

Question 20

What share of people in low-income countries live in extreme poverty (with less than $2 a day)?