The Stats

- Half the world - nearly three billion people - live on less than two dollars a day. source 1

- The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. source 6

- 20% of the population in the developed nations consumes 86% of the world's goods. source 8

- The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. source 13

- A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world's poorest 2.5 billion people. source 14

- "The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports." source 15

- According to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. source 21

- The richest 50 million people in Europe and North America have the same income as 2.7 billion poor people. "The slice of the cake taken by 1% is the same size as that handed to the poorest 57%

- Number of children in the world 2.2 billion Number in poverty 1 billion (every second child)