Figure 6-3 Number of impoverished people in Sub-Saharan Africa and share in global impoverished population, 2019-2024
incidence rate stood at 36.5% (World Bank, decreasing from 8.7% in 2023 to 7.6%, and the 2024). SSA accounts for 60% of the world's ex- tremely impoverished population and 50.27%million to 149 million. But it remains one of poverty. From 2019 to 2024, the number ofliving in poverty (World Bank, 2024). 411 million to 464 million, with the region's certain progress in eliminating hunger. In 2024, the proportion of people facing moder- 25.2%, down by 1.5 percentage points from Asia has been somewhat alleviated. The pop- 2023. Around 8.6 million people experienced improvements in their food security. The nu- 791 million in 2024. The incidence rate of food The incidence rate of malnutrition was 5.1% in 2024, with more than 1.5 million people seeing insecurity dropped by 2.1 percentage points, indicating some improvement. The situation of their nutritional situation improved (FAO et al. extreme poverty in South Asia also improved, 2025). The incidence rate of extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean was 3.3% in Africa and share in global impoverished population, 2019-2024