The poorest half of the world's population holds less than two percent of the global wealth. The share was slowly increasing until the financial crisis in 2008/09, and then again up until the COVID-19 pandemic. By comparison, the richest percent holds
Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021
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Statistics on Poverty and inequality worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Most worrying topics worldwide 2023
- Premium Statistic Share of world population living in poverty 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic Poverty rate worldwide 1990-2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest poverty rate worldwide 2019
- Premium Statistic Gender poverty gaps worldwide 2020-2021 (with a forecast to 2030), by gender
- Basic Statistic Number of people living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars a day worldwide 1990-2019
- Basic Statistic People living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars a day worldwide 1990-2019, by region
Poverty gaps and multidimensional poverty
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- Premium Statistic Prevalence of multidimensional poverty worldwide 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest prevalence of multidimensional poverty worldwide 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Problems facing the multidimensionally poor worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Poverty gap worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic Poverty gap worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day 1990-2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Countries with the highest poverty gaps worldwide at 3.65 U.S. dollars a day 2019
Hunger and starvation
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- Basic Statistic Prevalence of starving people worldwide 2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of undernourishment worldwide 2005-2021
- Basic Statistic Global Hunger Index 2022: countries most affected by hunger
- Basic Statistic Latin America: food insecurity prevalence 2021
- Premium Statistic Prevalence of undernourishment in Africa 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of people facing food insecurity in Ukraine 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Percentage of stunted children worldwide under the age of 5 from 2012 to 2020
Access to drinking water
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- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Africa 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Europe 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in MENA 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Asia 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Access to drinking water in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, by country
Electricity access
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- Basic Statistic Global population without electricity access 2000-2021, by region
- Basic Statistic Countries with the lowest access rate to electricity 2020
- Basic Statistic Global population without access to electricity 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Share of population with electricity access in Africa 2020, by region
- Basic Statistic Population share without access to electricity in Latin America 2001-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of population electricity access APAC 2018, by country
- Basic Statistic African population without electricity 2000-2021
Child mortality
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- Basic Statistic Countries with highest mortality rate among children aged under five 2020
- Premium Statistic Children under age 5 mortality rate worldwide 1990-2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Deaths of children under age 5 worldwide 1990-2020, by region
- Basic Statistic Projected global infant mortality rate 1990-2100
Inequality
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- Premium Statistic Gini Index - countries with the biggest inequality in income distribution 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of the global wealth held by the richest percent 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Global wealth distribution 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of income in the world earned by women 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of income in the world earned by women 2000-2019
Further related statistics
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- Share of the global wealth held by the richest percent 2010-2021
- Global wealth distribution 2021, by region
- Population worldwide living in relatively poor households in late 2010s, by age
- Share of the population by income level in Latin America 2022
- Share of urban population living in slums in Tanzania 2010-2018
- Population under the poverty line in Russia quarterly 2020-2022
- Rural population share living below the poverty line Indonesia 2022 by main island
- Proportion of population below the national poverty line APAC 2019, by country
- Extreme poverty as share of global population in Africa 2022, by country
- Share of population at risk of poverty in Spain 2008-2021
- Population share living below the poverty line Indonesia 2022 by region
- Urban population share living below the poverty line Indonesia 2022, by region
- Share of population below the poverty line in Uruguay 2006-2021
- Share of global population living in extreme poverty in Nigeria 2016-2023
- Share of global population living in extreme poverty in Ghana 2016-2023
- Share of population under the poverty line in Russia quarterly 2021-2022
- Share of population living below the poverty line in Thailand 2015-2020
- Venezuela: share of population living in poverty by gender 2021
- Opinions about government performance in reducing wealth gap in Tunisia 2011-2022
- Venezuela: share of population living in poverty by age 2021
- Multidimensionally poor population in India 2021
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World Inequality Lab. (December 3, 2021). Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/
World Inequality Lab. "Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021." Chart. December 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/
World Inequality Lab. (2021). Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/
World Inequality Lab. "Share of The Global Wealth Held by The Poorest 50 Percent from 2000 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/
World Inequality Lab, Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/ (last visited April 01, 2023)
Share of the global wealth held by the poorest 50 percent from 2000 to 2021 [Graph], World Inequality Lab, December 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1341632/global-wealth-poorest-half/