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Goal 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

goal 1 iconGoal 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Goal 1 is to reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day, and to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. A key first step towards global development, this goal aims at empowering individuals, groups and entire nations.

In our world today:

  • Close to 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day -what we call extreme poverty.
  • The proportion of people living in poverty droped since 1990, but much of this progress can be attributed to rapid economic growth in Eastern and Southern Asia.

 Progress on Goal 1:

  • The number of people living with less than $1 a day droped to less than 1 billion from 1.2 billion in 1990. If this trends persists, the poverty reduction target will be met globally and in most regions.
  • Extreme poverty in sub-Saharan declined by 6% since 1990, but the region needs to do more to reduce poverty by half by 2015.
  • The propotion of children under five who are hungry and underweight declined significantly in all regions, and particularly in Eastern and Western Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. 

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