Poverty by the Numbers

GDP Per
Capita (Wealth
produced per
person per year in
US dollars)
Percentage of
Population
Living in
Poverty
Infant
mortality rate
(deaths in infancy
per 1,000 live
births)
Literacy Rate
(percentage of the adult
population that can read
and write)
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$lgeria $,%00 &'" &# (0" (m:80%/f:60%)
)igeria $&,'00 (0" %* #" (m:76%/f:61%)
+, of -ongo $'00 N/A #1 (" (m:81%/f:54%)
South $frica $10,100 !0" ** #" (m:87%/f:86%)
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.ndia $&,%00 &!" '0 1" (m:74%/f:48%)
-hina $,000 #" &0 %1" (m:95%/f:87%)
Sweden $'#,100 0" &/(! %%" (m:99%/f:99%)
)ew 0ealand $&#,000 N/A ! %%" (m:99%/f:99%)
United States $*,%00 1&" %%" (m:99%/f:99%)
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