811 million people in extreme poverty; The world has fallen behind in the fight against poverty In its latest report, the World Bank announced that about 811 million people will live on less than three dollars a day in 2026; this means that one out of every 10 people in the world is in extreme poverty. This attitude has not changed much since the corona epidemic. Estimates show that to reduce extreme global poverty to three percent by 2050, per capita economic growth needs to reach four percent annually; A figure twice the average of the last 25 years.