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Uplifting fact: Over the last 38 years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has reduced by an average of over 100,000 per day.
In 1800, there was not a single country on the planet with a life expectancy of over 40 years. Today, there& #39;s not a single country where the life expectancy is under 40 years.
Literacy rates: 200 years ago, around 12% of the world& #39;s population could read and write. Today, only around 12% of the world& #39;s population can& #39;t read and write.
Poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and child mortality are all falling faster than at any other time in human history
& #39;Life expectancy at birth has increased more than twice as much in the last century as it did in the previous 200,000 years.& #39; https://brightblue.org.uk/johan-norberg-the-world-is-better-than-you-think/">https://brightblue.org.uk/johan-nor...
& #39;A child born today is more likely to reach retirement age than his forebears were to live to their fifth birthday.& #39; https://brightblue.org.uk/johan-norberg-the-world-is-better-than-you-think/">https://brightblue.org.uk/johan-nor...
