Will there be less than 350 million people in extreme poverty by 2030?
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According to the World Bank estimations, the were 700.6 million people who lived in extreme poverty in Sep. 2023. Will this number be cut in half by 2030?

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Extreme poverty means 2.15$ in 2017 dollars, PPP adjusted.

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Link to world back page of poverty: https://pip.worldbank.org/home

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From 2011 to 2018, the percentage of people in extreme poverty fell from 16% to 10%, or from 1.13 bio. to 0.7683 bio, giving a change of ~365 mio. A proportional fall would be to 700.1/(0.16/0.1)=437.5625 mio., and a fall by the same number of people would be to 700.1-(1130-768.3)=338.4 mio. In general, going the last mile is more difficult, so I'm inclined slightly towards no.