Summary
The number of people who were very poor fell from more than half to just a few percent. 📉
Almost everyone now has electricity in their homes. 💡
Key Points
4 points1
About 496 million people moved above the very low‑income level.
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Poverty went down from 57% to 16%.
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Extreme poverty fell from 27% to about 3%.
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Electricity now reaches 99% of homes.
New Words to Learn
5 wordspoverty
Not having enough money for basic needs like food and shelter
income
Money a person earns from work or other sources
electricity
Power that makes lights and machines work
government
The group of people who run a country
policy
A plan made by leaders to solve problems
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