25 Sobering Statistics On Global Poverty That Might Upset You
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Everyone knows there is poverty in the world. But what exactly does that mean? These are 25 sobering statistics on global poverty that might upset you. https://twitter.com/list25 https://www.facebook.com/list25 http://list25.com Check out the text version too! - http://list25.com/25-sobering-statistics-on-global-poverty-that-might-upset-you Here's a preview: At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 per day To put things into perspective, the top 20% of the world's population accounts for three quarters of the world's income Half of the world's population accounts for only 5% of the world's income According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die every day due to poverty Nearly one third of children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted Last year, about 70 million children of primary school age were not in school Nearly a billion people celebrated the coming of the 21st century without being able to read a book or sign their name Preventable diseases like Malaria afflict nearly 500 million people every year Africa alone accounts for roughly 1 million deaths due to Malaria annually. Most of them are children Speaking of children, there are 2.2 billion children in the world. Half of them live in extreme poverty Over 1 billion people have inadequate access to water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. Many times this means no separation of drinking water and toilet water. That is why 1.8 million children die every year of diarrhoea Approximately half of the world's population now lives in cities and about one third of those in the cities live in slum conditions In fact, slum growth is outpacing urban growth by a frighteningly large margin One quarter of humanity lives without electricity The 7 richest people in the world make more than the poorest 41 countries combined (roughly 567 million people) .14% of the world population own over 80% of the world's private financial wealth. The vast majority of that wealth has managed to avoid all income and estate taxes, either by the countries where it has been invested or where it comes from. For every $1 in aid that a developing country receives, over $25 is spent on debt repayment. The poorer the country, the more likely it is that the debt repayments are being extracted directly from the people who neither contracted the loans nor received any money In 1998 $8 billion dollars was spent on cosmetics in the United States, $11 billion was spent on ice cream in the European Union, $17 billion was spent on pet food in Europe and the US, $100 billion was spent on alcohol in Europe, $400 billion was spent on narcotics globally, and $780 billion was spent on militaries around the world. In the same year $6 billion was spent on achieving basic education for all, $9 billion was spent on basic water and sanitation for all, and $13 billion was spent on basic health and nutrition for all If you are reading this list then you are in the top 30% of the world's population when it comes to poverty and wealth With new technologies we now grow enough food to feed 10 billion people or 1.5 times the world population. The problem is that most of the world can't afford to buy that food. If the world spent less than 1% of what it spends on weapons all the previously mentioned issues would be fixed
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sorry but fucking African keep giving birth to children when they can't even afford to raise 1 child so fuck them to hell they are responsible for their fucking children dying not anyone else
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1:44 that place is such a smelly dump why would anyone live there?
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It is because of the RICHEST BASTARDS in multimullion $ companiea that exploit the poor...We should temper their possibilitiesbecause they are to be blamed for destroying the forests or catching fish on such a scale that the local fishermen aren't able to live!
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This video proves the USA is still # 1. The rest of the world are total losers.
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25 Sobering Statistics On Global Poverty That Might Upset You
16. There are 2.2 billion children in the world.
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I wish we would stop sending aid to Africa.
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Capitalism is the cancer of the world.
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This is why we should all stand up against Liberalism/Socialism/Facism/etc.
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we fuck up
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When I see videos like this, all I can think about is my blistering hatred of progressives. I want to help these people, and then remember there are Americans making $14 an hour who still think they are poor and realize there is no point.
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grrrrrrrrr
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I'm American. I eat all day long and I fart hot meals every 30 minutes !!!
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I know how to make everyone rich in 50 years. If you were the only guy in ny then you would own all the land, buildings, oil, gold etc which would make you rich so instead of having 7.4 billion people you have like only 600 million people.
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See I'm poor I need money spend on my education I don't know how to spell your self go fuck you self in hell
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Go fuck you self bitch a nigger
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...meanwhile faggots cant get married in some countries. American media talks only about this.
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Say what you want about us commies but we don't starve our people and not a single commie country has Shacks and people living in their own shit!!!
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Liberal: "I'm struggling to make ends meet on $14 an hour! I'm going to die an early death because I can't afford my organic whole grain waffles! Give me your money you stingy 1%er bastards!"
Poor Filipino Child: "Excuse me sir...I make $1.25 a day...I don't have clean water...I sleep on cardboard...I live in a tin shack...my mother is growing a lump in her throat due to bad nutrition...can you spare 4 dollar so I can buy a month's supply of rice?"
Liberal: "SHUT THE FUCK UP! I CAN BARELY LIVE ON WHAT I MAKE!"
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