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End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Facts and Figures 836 million people still live in extreme poverty About one in five persons in developing regions lives on less than $1.25 per day The overwhelming majority of people living on less than $1.25 a day belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age Every day in 2014, 42,000 people had to abandon their homes to seek protection due to conflict Goal targets By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day 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 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve sub