The absolute number of people living in extreme poverty has been declining. But the gap between the wealthiest and poorest of the population is widening.
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Environmental security is increasingly dominating national and international agendas, shifting defense and geopolitical paradigms. Worldwide, the number of displacements associated with natural disasters is considerably higher than that of those...
There is enough food produced for everyone on the planet to have an adequate diet, but poor distribution and quality makes that 795 million people are hungry while some...
Globally, the absolute number of undernourished people has been on the rise since 2014, reaching an estimated 821 million people (some 11% of the population) in 2017. In 2017, some...
Despite the international efforts, the world hunger has been on the rise for the past three years. The absolute number of undernourished people (those facing chronic food deprivation)...
Networks with migrant communities in destination countries increase the likelihood of international migration from low, middle and high-income countries. There is a negative correlation between international migration from low-income...
Fairness, JRC project Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography, Dynamic Data Hub [Poverty and Inequality] Sustainable Development Goals, European Union portal Towards a Sustainable...
Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to under-nutrition. This translates into the unnecessary loss of about 3 million young lives a year. Undernutrition...
Climate change will amplify existing risks and create new ones. Consequences of climate change, such as weather-related disasters, are set to continue even if...
​Humanity's health is improving rapidly; life expectancy at birth increased globally from 46 years in 1950 to 71.5 years in 2015, with the 5 years increase between 2000...