Acute poverty affects 1.2 billion people, UNDP says
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ang
The 2026 report by the United Nations Development Programme estimates that 1.2 billion people out of the 6.3 billion studied live in acute multidimensional poverty. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate, with 616 million people affected, or 51.4% of its population, according to data published by the UNDP.
The 2026 report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that 1.2 billion of the 6.3 billion people living in 108 countries face acute multidimensional poverty. The document was published on Monday 12 October, according to the UNDP press release seen by the ANG news agency.
The number of people affected by this form of poverty has risen for the first time since the index was first published in 2010, the UNDP says. This trend affects every region of the world, with particularly pronounced socioeconomic difficulties in Africa.
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