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• Prosperity:

World-wide GDP per capita rose from $2,021 in 1900 to $14,574 in 2016.

• Poverty:

The proportion of the world's population in absolute poverty declined from

66% in 1910 to 8.6% in 2018.

• Literacy

In 1820, nearly 90% of people were illiterate. Today 90% can read.

• Fertility

Births per woman plummeted from 5.0 in 1960 to 2.4 today.

• Health

Infant mortality has declined from 140 deaths per thousand live births in 1950 to 30 deaths per thousand in 2017.

Ninety percent of the global population now has access to electricity and clean drinking water. More and more people have access to proper sanitation.