Global Equity/ Voice of Women
1) What is the world’s population that is living in “developing” countries? --> 82.20% [2019, https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf]
2) What is the poverty line? & What is the world’s population living below the poverty line? --> < 1.90$ per day (2011 price point) as extreme poverty & 8.2% [2019, https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/]
3) What is the % of employed people & employed women living under poverty line? --> 7.1% & 7.5% [2019, https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/]
4) What is the global population growth rate? --> 1.1% [2019, https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf]
5) What are indices to measure equality and gender-equality? --> Gini coefficient & palma ratio (income inequality) | GII (Gender Inequality Index) | http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii
6) What is the proportion of world population without access to energy and how will it develop? --> 759 million -> 660(e) million in 2030 [2019, https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities]
7) What is the proportion of world population with access to decentralised energy (mini-) grids? --> 11 million [2019, https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities]
8) What is the proportion of world population without access to clean cooking? --> 2.6 billion (~1/3 of world pop.; millions deaths each year from breathing cooking smoke) [2019, https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities]
9) What is the proportion of world population without access to safely managed drinking water? --> 26% (~2 billion) [2020, https://www.unwater.org/app/uploads/2021/08/PGA_brief_Infographic-scaled.jpg]
10) What is the proportion of world population living in water-stressed regions? --> ~29% (2.3 billion) [2020, https://www.unwater.org/app/uploads/2021/08/PGA_brief_Infographic-scaled.jpg]
11) What is the proportion of the world population living in areas that are above the limit of air pollution? --> 99% (above WHO air quality guideline levels) [2019, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health]
12) What is the proportion of world population with access to internet? --> 56.73% [2019, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?end=2020&start=1960&view=chart]
13) What is the damage value due to yearly tax evasion? --> 427 billion USD (whereas developing countries account for ~45 billion USD, which equals 52% of their combined total public health budget) [2020, https://www.globaltaxjustice.org/en/latest/427-billion-lost-tax-havens-every-year]