Topic summary
Absolute poverty
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Extreme poverty.
In the past, the vast majority of the world population lived in conditions of extreme poverty. The percentage of the global population living in absolute poverty fell from over 80% in 1800 to around 10% by 2025. According to UN estimates, in 2025 roughly 831 million people or 10% remained under those conditions. In 2000, there had been 2.23 billion people in extreme poverty. Despite the significant number of individuals still below the international poverty line, these figures represent significant progress for the international community, as they reflect a decrease of more than one billion people over 25 years.