The World Bank has said half of the poor people in the world live in Nigeria and four other countries, including two other African nations and the two others in Asia.

In a tweet on Christmas day, the global financial institution said apart from the giant of Africa, the four other countries accommodating those in extreme poverty are India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

“Half of the world’s poor live in these 5 countries: India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Bangladesh,” the lender posted on its verified Twitter page.

According to the World Bank, the five countries account for 85 percent (629 million) of the world’s poor, saying to make significant continued progress towards the global target of reducing extreme poverty (those living on less than $1.90 a day) to less than 3 percent by 2030, large reductions in poverty in these five countries will be crucial.
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Wikipedia defined poverty, which is associated with the poor, as not having enough material possessions or income for a person’s needs. Poverty may include social, economic, and political elements.

In 2012 it was estimated that, using a poverty line of $1.25 a day, 1.2 billion people lived in poverty. Given the current economic model, built on GDP, it would take 100 years to bring the world’s poorest up to the poverty line of $1.25 a day. UNICEF estimates half the world’s children (or 1.1 billion) live in poverty.
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The World Bank forecasted in 2015 that 702.1 million people were living in extreme poverty, down from 1.75 billion in 1990. Extreme poverty is observed in all parts of the world, including developed economies. Of the 2015 population, about 347.1 million people (35.2%) lived in Sub-Saharan Africa and 231.3 million (13.5%) lived in South Asia.
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According to the World Bank, between 1990 and 2015, the percentage of the world’s population living in extreme poverty fell from 37.1% to 9.6%, falling below 10% for the first time. The People’s Republic of China accounts for over three quarters of global poverty reduction from 1990 to 2005. Though, as noted, China accounted for nearly half of all extreme poverty in 1990. In public opinion around the world people surveyed tend to incorrectly think extreme poverty has not decreased.

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Op you forgot to add happy poor people

I'm quite impressed the measures the government is taking to restrain us from seeing this kind of degrading information. With my exposure, versatility and long hours spent sniffing the social media this week, didn't come across this till now. Probably zone restricted it.


Local man is impressed, come next year the other four will be playing catch up sef

80 percent in northern nigeria

These fuuking racist western institutions

Nigeria we hail thee

I think they should make it clearer by mentioning Northern Nigeria. One of the major reasons why the North is afraid of dividing or restructuring the country is that their unclothedness will be exposed to the world as the poverty headquarters of the world.

this news cant be true....
nigeria may have many poor people,but this statement dont add up....

its mathematicaly impossible....

mrchineke:
These fuuking racist western institutions

i tell you....

Nigeria that have the richest law makers, it's a pity.

chigoziri2403:
Op you forgot to add happy poor people

this statement doesnt even make sense....
do you even know how many people live today in the entire world....??

over 6 billion human beings....
how does that make sense....??

any mathematics teacher will show you the middle finger when you say something like this....
its not even something to debate sef....

if this statement is realy true,then afghanistan is better than nigeria....

deji had the money to go to dubai for treatment....

how can this statement be true....??

nonesense....

The unfortunate almajiris...so long as the islamic population is increasing no one cares even if they feed from dumpsites its the will of a certain "allah"...Religion is the opium of the ignorant.

Nothing new.Bubu have long won Nigeria the inglorious title of the "Poverty Capital Of The World."

mrchineke:
These fuuking racist western institutions

Truth is bitter

Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world under Buhari

Tell me more about it, anyway what is the population of South East Asia and the 40% of India, 30% of Brazil?.
Remove the total population of Nigeria from it, there you have it, useless baseless statistics shove it down your throat.

tsdarkside:
if this statement is realy true,then afghanistan is better than nigeria....

But Kabul has electricity , does Nigeria have ?

mrchineke:
These fuuking racist western institutions

They are telling you the truth and instead of you to make amends you say it's racism

GamalNasser:


But Kabul has electricity , does Nigeria have ?

some of you are soo unbelievable with self-hate....

you do know that kabul is only a city,right....??
how can you compare the ol nigeria with kabul....??

does that even make sense to you....??

629 m people remained in extreme poverty worldwide ( According to this report)

If 50% of them live in Nigeria, are they telling us that Nigeria population is currently 314m?

Ayam not understanding

helinues:
Oh boy

bros,its mathematicaly not possible....
many nigerians just dont make sense....

how can you believe,heaven will send somebody to save you that doesnt even look like you....??

tsdarkside:


bros,its mathematicaly not possible....

Me wondering where people are getting their statistics from these days

Who conducted the survey?

helinues:


Me wondering where people are getting their statistics from these days

i dont understand....
which type of madness is this....??

somebody says you cant walk and you stopped using your legs....

this is unbelievable....

tsdarkside:


some of you are soo unbelievable with self-hate....

you do know that kabul is only a city,right....??
how can you compare the ol nigeria with kabul....??

does that even make sense to you....??

Yes Kabul is a city so show us a city in your zoo that has electricity or shut up

helinues:


Me wondering where people are getting their statistics from these days

Who conducted the survey?

who cares....

the question is,is it mathematicaly possible with over 6 billion people in the entire world....??

GamalNasser:


Yes Kabul is a city so show us a city in your zoo that has electricity or shut up

dont quote me again....
i hate silly people....

tsdarkside:


dont quote me again....
i hate silly people....

Gerrout you supporter of Mediocrity

tsdarkside:


who cares....

the question is,is it mathematicaly possible with over 6 billion people in the entire world....??

Poor people not the whole world population.. Almost 1bn still remained in extreme poverty, still still the 50% reside in Nigeria dont add up

helinues:


Poor people not the whole world population.. Almost 1bn still remained in extreme poverty, still still the 50% reside in Nigeria dont add up

even then,it doesnt add up....

am using what those moroons said in propotion to the whole world population....

it just doesnt add up....

soo,china doesnt have Poor people atall no more....
how about india....??

it just doesnt add up....
mathematicaly not possible....