Summary
The number of people with very little money went from many to just a few.
More women got jobs, and families got help with food.
Key Points
3 points1
Around 496 million people left extreme poverty.
2
Extreme poverty fell from 27% to about 3%.
3
More women found work and families received food help.
New Words to Learn
4 wordsextreme poverty
When people have almost no money for food, shelter, or clothes.
percentage
A way to talk about part of a whole, like 3 out of 100.
employment
Having a job that gives you money.
subsidy
Help from the government that makes things cheaper, like food.
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