ENCOURAGING WORLD STATISTICS
Added on: 30th Jan 2016
IF WE HAD THE SAME RATE OF DEATH DUE TO WAR
TODAY AS WE DID 2,000 YEARS AGO, THEN 2 BILLION
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED DUE TO VIOLENT CONFLICT
IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE ACTUAL NUMBER, HOWEVER,
WAS 100 MILLION. THAT'S 20 TIMES LOWER.
THE GLOBAL ILLITERACY RATE HAS DROPPED
FROM 46% TO 18% SINCE 1970
IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, MORE PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE
FORMAL EDUCATION THAN IN ALL OF HUMAN
HISTORY UP TO THIS POINT
SIMILARLY, MORE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES WERE
MADE IN THE 20TH CENTURY THAN IN ALL OF
HUMAN HISTORY BEFORE THAT
721 MILLION FEWER PEOPLE LIVE IN EXTREME
POVERTY IN 2010 AS COMPARED TO 1981
THIS MEANS THAT THE PROPORTION OF THE WORLD'S
POPULATION IN ABJECT POVERTY HAS GONE DOWN
FROM 40% TO ONLY 14%
THE GLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS HAS ACCESS TO MORE
GOODS AND SERVICES TODAY THAN EVER IN HISTORY.
TELEVISION, MOBILE PHONES, AND REFRIGERATORS
HAVE BECOME READILY AFFORDABLE
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD REPORT FEELING
HAPPIER, PARTIALLY DUE TO THE ALLEVIATION
OF POVERTY
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