Get the Facts - Inequality
- Nearly half the world's population lives on less than £1.40 per day.
- Over the past 30 years, the gap between the world's richest 20% and the poorest 20% of people has tripled.
- The world's richest 225 people have a combined wealth equal to the annual income of almost half of the world's poorest people.
- The 48 least developed countries make up a mere 0.4% of world trade.
- The developing world carries 90% of the disease burden, yet benefits from only 10% of the world's health resources.
- Europeans spend about £7.3 billion on ice cream each year - roughly what it would cost to provide safe water for every child on earth.
- The UK spends £199 million on eye make-up each year - which could provide 6 million children with vitamin A to prevent blindness.
- The UK spends £30 billion on golf each year – enough to provide basic healthcare, education and clean water to every human being on the planet.
- 20% of the world's population live in countries that consume 86% of the world's resources.
- It would take only 4% of the wealth of the world's 225 richest people to provide the food, education and healthcare needed to end poverty.
