According to statistics compiled by the World Bank, poverty has dramatically increased in Sub-Saharan countries due to conflicts and political instability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1990, 278 million people were identified as poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. This number increased to 397 million in 2019, the World Bank revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report pointed out that in 1990, 80% of the world\u2019s poor were living in South Asia, while only 13.8% were in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019, though, the share in South Asia fell to 31.4% while that of Sub-Saharan Africa increased to 56.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Bank explained that within Sub-Saharan Africa, \u201cpoverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)\u201d. These include Madagascar, Burundi, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Malawi, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, the only country outside Sub-Saharan Africa included as an FCS that registered a poverty rate above 60% was Syria. Yemen was a close second with 58%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Bank also mentioned that African countries that managed to avoid fragility, such as Benin, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and Senegal, also managed to steadily reduce poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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