Hunger have killed so many people in the world

POVERTY FACTS 

 

In 2008, real income per capita in the USA was $48,430, $2,930 in India, and a paltry $280 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). That is, the typical US citizen consumed about 173 times what was consumed by the DRC citizen. In money terms, the DRC person had $0.77 (77 cents) to live on per day but his US counterpart had $133 daily. Of course the US fellow produces more and should eat more: output per worker in the US is more than 50 times what it is in Congo (Todaro & Smith, 2011). Undernourishment in Congo is 75% of their population but in US it is less than 2.5%. This trend remains relatively unchanged even till today. Let's take a little trip around the world and see.

Ø    In 2005, the poorest 10% of the world’s population consumed only 0.5% of global consumption but the richest 10% had 59%. Even the poorest 20% had 1.5% as against 76.6% of total consumption by the richest 20%.

Ø    In 2004, 1.1 billion people lived in extreme poverty on less than a dollar a day; 8 years later in 2012 the population living below the revised World Bank poverty line of $1.25 a day was 1.2 billion people.

Ø    The world's billionaires – 497 individuals – were worth $3.5 trillion (over 7% of world GDP). The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 heavily indebted poor countries (567 million people) is less than the  combined wealth of the world's seven richest individuals.

Ø    According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and conscience of the world. Every year nearly 11 million children living in poverty die before their fifth birthday.  

Ø    Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. Two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Ø    Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. 

Ø    Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 but we failed. 

Ø    Every year there are 350-500 million cases of malaria, with 1 million fatalities: Africa accounts for 90% of malarial deaths and African children account for over 80 percent of malaria victims worldwide. 

Ø    Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water. As of 2012, 2.5 billion people lack access to sanitation services and 15% practice open defecation. 

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