Poverty is defined as when basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met. There are two main types of poverty: absolute poverty, defined as living on less than $1.25 per day; and relative poverty, defined as being poor compared to others within one's country. The rate of poverty varies greatly between countries, with some like Uganda having much higher rates than Norway. While poverty levels were much higher in 1990, affecting 47% of the world's population, significant reductions have occurred so that in 2010 only 22% of the world's people lived in poverty. However, outdated views of dividing countries into only two groups of developing vs. developed still persist despite changes in the world.

1. Poverty

3. “A condition where people`s basic needs for food,
clothing, and shelter are not being met”

4. Kinds of poverty
• “Absolute” poverty -
1.25 U.S. dollars a day
• “Relative” poverty -
poverty in relation to a
group

5. Poverty varies between
countries
UgandaNorway

7. Poverty has decreased
• 1990 - 5.3 billion
inhabitants
47% poor = 2.5 billion
• 2010 - 6. 8 billion
inhabitants
22 % poor = 1.5 billion

10. The world keeps changing, while mindsets remain
surprisingly intact
A mindset upgrade with a division of countries into
more than two groups is long overdue

11. To sum it all up

12. Sources
• http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/poverty.html
• http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/10/opinion/gapminder-hans-rosling/
• http://www.fn.no/Tema/Fattigdom/Hva-er-fattigdom
• http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_pov
erty#t-890060
• http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fattigdom
• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/EXT
PA/0,,contentMDK:20242512~menuPK:492152~pagePK:148956~piPK:2
16618~theSitePK:430367,00.html
• http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-
release/2013/04/17/remarkable-declines-in-global-poverty-but-
major-challenges-remain