No poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Eradicating poverty in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. While the number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by more than half – from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 836 million in 2015 – too many people are still struggling to meet the most basic human needs.
Globally, more than 800 million people are still living on less than $1.25 a day; many lack access to adequate food, clean drinking water, and sanitation. Rapid economic growth in countries like China and India has lifted millions out of poverty, but progress has been uneven. Women are disproportionately affected; they are more likely to live in poverty due to unequal access to paid work, education and property.
Progress has also been limited in other regions, such as South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, which account for 80 percent of the people living in extreme poverty. This rate is expected to rise due to new threats brought on by climate change, conflict, and food insecurity.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a bold commitment to finish what we started and end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030. In order to achieve the SDGs, we must target those living in vulnerable situations, increasing access to basic resources and services, and support communities affected by conflict and climate-related disasters.
SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
Indicator : 1.1.1 Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
Data Providers : (1) HIES, BBS, SID (2) PovcalNet - The World Bank Group (3) Projection, BBS, SID
By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
Indicator : 1.2.1 Proportion of the population living below the national poverty line
Data Providers : (1) HIES, BBS, SID (2) Projection, BBS, SID
Indicator : 1.2.2 Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
Data Providers : (1) HIES, BBS, SID (2) MICS, BBS, SID (3) Projection, BBS, SID
Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
Indicator : 1.3.1 Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
Data Providers : (1) NHD, BBS, SID (2) HIES, BBS, SID (3) DIS, DSS, MoSW (4) Projection, BBS, SID
By 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial services including microfinance
Indicator : 1.4.1 Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Data Providers : (1) MICS, BBS, SID (2) HIES, BBS, SID (3) MRA, FID (4) Projection, BBS, SID
Indicator : 1.4.2 Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure
Data Providers : (1) Agriculture Census, BBS, SID (2) MoL (3) Projection, BBS, SID
By 2030 build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations, and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Indicator : 1.5.1 Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
Data Providers : (1) DDM, MoDMR (2) MIS, DGHS, MoHFW (3) Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD), MoEF (4) ICCHL, BBS, SID (5) Projection, BBS, SID
Indicator : 1.5.2 Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)
Data Providers : (1) ICCHL, BBS, SID (2) DDM, MoDMR (3) Projection, BBS, SID
Indicator : 1.5.3 Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Data Providers : (1) DDM, MoDMR
Indicator : 1.5.4 Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
Data Providers : (1) LGD (2) MoDMR
Create sound policy frameworks, at national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies to support accelerated investments in poverty eradication actions
Indicator : 1.a.1 Proportion of domestically generated resources allocated by the government directly to poverty reduction programmes
Data Providers : (1) FD
Indicator : 1.a.2 Proportion of total government spending on essential services (education, health and social protection)
Data Providers : (1) FD
Indicator : 1.a.3 Sum of total grants and non-debt-creating inflows directly allocated to poverty reduction programmes as a proportion of GDP
Data Providers : (1) ERD (2) FD
Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular LDCs, to implement programs and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
Indicator : 1.b.1 Proportion of government recurrent and capital spending to sectors that disproportionately benefit women, the poor and vulnerable groups
Data Providers : (1) FD (2) MoWCA
Facts and Figures
736 million
736 million people still live in extreme poverty.
10%
10 percent of the world’s population live in extreme poverty, down from 36 percent in 1990.
1.3 billion
Some 1.3 billion people live in multidimensional poverty.
50%
Half of all people living in poverty are under 18.
1 in 10
One person in every 10 is extremely poor.
80%
80 percent of people living on less than $1.90 are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa