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1. Between 1990 and 2011, the death rate of children under the age of five decreased by 41%.
2. In 1990, 540,000 mothers died during childbirth. In 2010, this figure was 280,000.
3. In the whole world today a person on average receives a salary 3 times more than people earned in 1950.4. In the 17th and 18th century, the world
GDP per capita increased by 20%. In the 19th century, it rose sharply to 250%, and in the 20th reached an incomprehensible 900%
5. This means that by the end of this century, the average person in developing countries will be able to receive an annual income equivalent to today’s $ 100,000.
6. Since 1800, on average, life expectancy has doubled in the world.
7. The global level of illiteracy declined from 46% to 18% (compared to 1970).
8. Over the next 30 years, more people will receive vocational education than in the whole history of mankind until this moment.
9. Similarly, in the 20th century more technological achievements were accomplished than in all human history before.
10. In 2010, the number of people living in extreme poverty declined by 721 million compared with 1981.
11. This means that the proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty has fallen from 40% to 14%.
12. The global middle class today has access to more goods and services than ever before in history. Television, mobile phones and refrigerators became easily accessible to him.
13. People all over the world say that they began to feel happier, in part because of the fight against poverty.
14. In 1995, less than 1% of the world’s population was connected to the Internet. Today this number is 40%.
15. Today, mankind faces wars and armed conflicts less than during any other period in history.
16. Despite the fact that the number of slaves in the world has increased (as well as the population of the Earth as a whole) in comparison with what was 300 years ago, today there is not a single country where slavery is legal.
17. Mortality as a result of murders in Europe fell by 35 times over the period, from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 1900s.
18. Various countries with the lowest incarceration rates can also boast that their crime rate has plummeted. The same statistics apply to the abolition of the death penalty.
19. Although systemic racism, sexism and discrimination continue to exist in our society, the vast majority of governments have passed laws to end discrimination.
20. World statistics show a consistent reduction in forced labor, gender inequality and illiteracy rates throughout the world.