India is among the top five countries with the largest populations in poverty, as reported by the UN. The report indicates that 1.1 billion people globally live in acute poverty, with half being children and nearly 40 percent in conflict-affected areas.

India has the highest number of people living in extreme poverty, with 234 million people affected out of its 1.4 billion population. Next in line are Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The five countries make up for nearly half of the world's poor population, the report says.

According to the UNDP report, more than 1 billion people are living in acute poverty across the world, whereas India being the only country with the largest number of people in extreme poverty, which impacts 234 million of its 1.

A recent report from the World Bank highlights a pressing global issue: 8.5% of the world’s population—approximately 700 million people—live in extreme poverty, defined as surviving on less than $1.90 a day.

India has 234 million people living in poverty, which is medium Human Development Index, placing the country among five globally with the largest number of people living in poverty.

Earlier, the World Bank had said that extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million, following a surge in the two preceding years

More than 1 billion people in the world live in acute poverty, over half are children and nearly 40% live in conflict-torn and fragile countries, according to a report released Thursday. The report by the U.

New research from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) has found that poverty rates in conflict-affected nations are almost three times higher than in countries free from conflict.

More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for