Today's Counter-Intuitive Factoid: Global Poverty is Decreasing...by a lot
Since 1990, the number of people living in extreme poverty throughout the world has decreased significantly.
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[Source: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/extreme-poverty](https://preview.redd.it/dy59ibw3mk551.png?width=1612&format=png&auto=webp&s=c54f68241f1bde60e154d52f58d45da2b3edc648)
Taken from the counter-intuitive fact file: [https://theponderingpatriot.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/the-counter-intuitive-fact-file/](https://theponderingpatriot.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/the-counter-intuitive-fact-file/)
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[Source: https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/extreme-poverty](https://preview.redd.it/dy59ibw3mk551.png?width=1612&format=png&auto=webp&s=c54f68241f1bde60e154d52f58d45da2b3edc648)
Taken from the counter-intuitive fact file: [https://theponderingpatriot.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/the-counter-intuitive-fact-file/](https://theponderingpatriot.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/the-counter-intuitive-fact-file/)
