Nigeria shows how fragile progress can be. After significant reductions in multidimensional poverty during the 2010s, this progress reversed in the 2020s, with both the poverty rate and the number of people living in poverty increasing. Photo: UNDP
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Nigeria shows how fragile progress can be. After significant reductions in multidimensional poverty during the 2010s, this progress reversed in the 2020s, with both the poverty rate and the number of people living in poverty increasing. Photo: UNDP

Global poverty rises for first time since 2010, U.N. report finds

13 October 2026 16:10

New York (Horn Observer) The number of people living in multidimensional poverty worldwide has risen to 1.2 billion, the first increase since the global index was launched in 2010, according to a repo …

More than 139 migrants died after a boat carrying 305 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti on 8–9 October 2026. IOM is providing survivors with healthcare, psychosocial support, food, shelter and protection services. Photo: IOM/ Mohamed Ibrahim

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