As of 2019, 424 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were reportedly living in severe poverty. In 2022, 460 million people—an increase of 36 million in only three years—were anticipated to be living in extreme poverty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian war .

Africa has the highest extreme poverty rates globally, with 23 of the world’s 28 poorest countries, which have extreme poverty rates above 30%. Using the poverty line of $1.90 per day, Africa’s extreme poverty rate was recently estimated to be about 35.5% .

Poverty across the continent may be lower than what current estimates suggest, though the number of people living in extreme poverty has grown substantially since 1990, according to the latest World Bank Africa poverty report. Poverty in a Rising Africa, the first of two upcoming reports on poverty in Africa, documents the data challenges ...

2024年1月10日 · In 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) had the highest share of people living under the extreme poverty line of 2.15 U.S. dollars per day, with a share of 35.1 percent. The closest region was South...

2 天之前 · Lived poverty varies widely across the continent in extent, intensity, and trajectory. For example, over the past decade, severe material deprivation has fallen in Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, and Morocco (Figure 4) while increasing sharply in Nigeria, Namibia, Mali, Zimbabwe, and South Africa (Figure 5).

2 天之前 · The most recent findings, from Afrobarometer Round 9 surveys – conducted in 39 African countries between October 2021 and June 2023 – confirm the continued expansion of lived poverty. Indeed, the average rate of “going without” is now the highest ever recorded by Afrobarometer since it began its surveys in 1999.

2020年12月11日 · Our Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy programme leverages data analysis, research, and capacity-building interventions to support the 54 African member states to develop and implement evidence-based policies to end extreme poverty and reduce inequality in an inclusive, sustainable, and equitable way, which leaves no individual or community ...

2022年7月13日 · About 30 million more Africans fell into extreme poverty (living on less than US$1.90 a day) when COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Before the pandemic struck, over 445 million people – equivalent to 34% of Africa’s population – lived below the poverty line. Even then, this figure was almost nine times the average for the rest of the world.

Poverty in a Rising Africa is the first of two sequential reports aimed at better under-standing progress in poverty reduction in Africa and articulating a policy agenda to accelerate it. This first report has a modest, but important, objective: to document the …

POVERTY IN A RISING AFRICA AFRICA POVERTY REPORT MAIN MESSAGES much poorer than urban areas, although the gap narrowed. The poverty rate among female-headed households is lower than among male-headed households, but house-holds headed by widows are worse off (and these results may change once differences in …