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 * Poverty** is the condition of lacking full economic access to fundamental human needs such as food, shelter and safe drinking water along with education and healthcare- all of which most of us take for granted. Poverty is more common in LEDCs (less economically developed countries) the top ten of the poorest countries in the world are :
 * 1) Malawi
 * 2) Somalia
 * 3) Comoros
 * 4) Solomon Islands
 * 5) Democratic public of the Congo
 * 6) Burundi
 * 7) East Timor
 * 8) Tanzania
 * 9) Afghanistan
 * 10) Yemen

Poverty can occur in MEDCs (more economically developed countries) but statistics show that the amount of poverty is far smaller in MEDCs.

Statistics showing the extent of the poverty the world is facing-