Extreme poverty

Extreme poverty is a severe state of poverty in which people are unable to purchase even basic human necessities, such as food, clothes, and shelter.

Related Topics:
Poverty - Food - Clothes - Shelter

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Extreme poverty is characterised by lack of food, inadequate shelter (in some cases, no shelter), lack of health care or medical services, etc. A person living in extreme poverty may be suffering from hunger, malnutrition, and disease.

Related Topics:
Hunger - Malnutrition - Disease

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While extreme poverty is most common in the countries of subsaharan Africa, there are people living in extreme poverty in almost every country in the world, including the wealthiest.

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