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United Nations report on the poor: More than 1 billion people in the world are living in extreme poverty, according to a new report published by the United Nations. Half of them are in war-torn countries. According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the level of extreme poverty in war-torn countries is determined by indicators such as nutrition, electricity, water and sanitation.
India has the highest number of poor, out of its 1.4 billion population, 234 million people are living in extreme poverty. This is followed by Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo. Half of the world's 1.1 billion poor people, about 55.5 million people, live in extreme poverty in these five countries.
This report has been prepared on the basis of information received about 112 countries and 6.3 billion people of the world. Of these, 1.1 billion people are living in extreme poverty. 455 million people live under the shadow of conflict. UNDP chief Achim Steiner said the conflicts have intensified in recent years. As a result, an unusual number of people have been displaced, with widespread impact on their lives and livelihoods.
The report said 584 million children under the age of 18 are facing extreme poverty. This number is equal to 27.9 percent of the total number of children in the world. Whereas among adults this number is 13.5 percent.
The mortality rate in war-torn areas is 8 percent, while in peaceful countries it is 1.1 percent. The world's poorest people live in sub-Saharan states and South Asia. Which is 83.2 percent of the total poor in the world.
Only one section on Afghanistan is given in this index. According to this, 53 lakh people have been pushed into poverty between 2015-16 and 2022-23. In that country, 2/3 of the total population lives in poverty. Yanchun Zhang, UNDP's chief statistician, said that providing even basic needs to poor people in war-torn areas is a difficult and hopeless situation.