8 | The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014
Target 1.A
Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
The extreme poverty rate has been halved, but major challenges remain Proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day, 1990 and 2010 (Percentage) Sub-Saharan Africa 56 48 Southern Asia 51 30 Southern Asia (excluding India) 52 22 South-Eastern Asia 45 14 Eastern Asia (China only) 60
Quick facts XX About one in five persons in developing regions lives on less than $1.25 per day. XX Vulnerable employment accounted for 56 per cent of all employment in developing regions, compared to 10 per cent in developed regions. XX About 173 million fewer people worldwide suffered from chronic hunger in 2011–2013 than in 1990–1992.
12 Latin America and the Caribbean 12 6 Caucasus and Central Asia 10 4 Western Asia 5 4 Northern Africa 5 1 Developing regions (excluding China) 41 26
XX One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age. XX Every day in 2013, 32,000 people had to abandon their homes to seek protection due to conflict.
Developing regions 47 22 World 36 18 0
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Note: Available country data are not sufficient to calculate the aggregate values for Oceania.