No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
People in extreme poverty
685 million (est)
World Bank projection · 2025
Global poverty rate
8.3% (est)
UN SDG Estimate · 2025
Workers in working poverty ($2.15/day)
238 million (est)
ILO estimate · 2025
Social protection coverage
53% (est)
ILO estimate · 2025
Global Progress Score
Based on Sustainable Development Report 2025
Historical Trend (2015–2025)
Regional Comparison (2025)
Goal 1: No Poverty — Score per Country (2025)
Each country is scored 0–100 based on its progress toward this goal. Drag to rotate. Hover or tap a country to see its score.
Key Targets
Projections for 2025 suggest approximately 590–650 million people will remain in extreme poverty — far from the 2030 target of zero. The World Bank's 2024 Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report warns that at current rates, 622 million people will still live on under $2.15/day in 2030. The SDR 2025 (SDSN) estimates the global SDG 1 score at 76.8/100, reflecting marginal improvement but deeply uneven regional trajectories. Fragile and conflict-affected states account for a growing share of the global extreme poor.
622M
people projected to still be in extreme poverty in 2030 at current trend — the 2030 zero-poverty target will be missed by the widest margin since it was set.
World Bank Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2024; SDR 2025 (SDSN)
Key Insights
The COVID Reversal
The pandemic caused the sharpest spike in extreme poverty since 1990, adding 70 million people to the count in 2020. Recovery has been deeply unequal — rich nations bounced back quickly while low-income countries are still below 2019 levels.
Geography of Poverty
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 57% of the extreme poor despite holding only 15% of the global population. At current trends, nearly 9 in 10 extreme poor people will be in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, concentrated in fragile and conflict-affected states.
Multidimensional Poverty
1.2 billion people are multidimensionally poor — deprived not just in income, but in health, education, and living standards simultaneously. This broader measure captures those who survive above $2.15/day but still lack basic human needs.
Social Protection Gap
Only 46.9% of people globally are covered by at least one social protection benefit. In low-income countries, less than 10% have any formal safety net. Social protection is proven to lift people out of poverty — the gap is a policy failure, not an affordability one.
Core Challenges
Climate Shocks Are New Poverty Drivers
Extreme weather events — droughts, floods, cyclones — push millions below the poverty line each year. 216 million people could become internal climate migrants by 2050, concentrated in the regions already most vulnerable to poverty.
Conflict Zones as Poverty Traps
13% of the world's extreme poor live in fragile and conflict-affected states. Ending extreme poverty is near-impossible without addressing the political instability and violence that break social systems and destroy livelihoods.
The Near-Poor Are Invisible
Hundreds of millions live just above the $2.15/day threshold, deeply food insecure and one shock away from extreme poverty. The binary poverty line misses this vast vulnerable population, leading to underfunded policy responses.
2030 Outlook
At the current rate of progress, 7% of the world's population — roughly 575 million people — will still live in extreme poverty in 2030, far short of the zero-poverty target. Meeting SDG 1 requires tripling the pace of poverty reduction, a $44 billion/year increase in social protection in low-income countries, and a fundamental shift in how climate risk and conflict are addressed as root causes.