Virus could push 500 million into poverty
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More than half a billion more people could be pushed into poverty by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic
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NUMBER OF POOR

(Living on less than $5.50 per day, millions*)

548m Estimated number pushed into poverty under most serious scenario – 20% contraction in income
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Current: 3,386m
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Total: 3,934m

Other high income Total: 20m
5m

Middle East & North Africa Total: 198m
50m

Europe & Central Asia Total: 100m
30m

Latin America & Caribbean Total: 216m
54m

Sub-Saharan Africa Total: 897m
45m
 
East Asia & Pacific  Total: 950m
240m

South Asia Total: 1,551m
129m 

*World Bank poverty line

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Sources: Oxfam, World Bank     © GRAPHIC NEWS


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