World in Bullet Points

The goal of this page is to provide a quick summary of key statistics about the world. Deeper Analysis and Explanations are left to dedicated articles and sources. I care a lot about acknowledging the work of other people, so here is a list of websites, associations and institutions from which these data are mostly based.

Data Sources

• World Bank
• OurWorldInData

As always if you think that some of the data are not correct or are presented in a biased way, please let me know (in a polite way please).

Poverty

Extreme Poverty at $2.15 per day

In 2024 about 8.5% of the world population lives in extreme poverty. 30 years ago this number was 34.2%.

NOTE: The data here use the International Poverty Line of $2.15 per day to define extreme poverty.

Extreme Poverty at $6.85 per day

In 2023 about 44.9% of the world population lives in extreme poverty. 30 years ago this number was 70.5%.

NOTE: The data here use the International Poverty Line of $6.85 per day to define extreme poverty.

Data are taken from the World Bank. You can find the original graph here.