Poverty in Niger
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Poverty in Niger is widespread and enduring in one of the world's most impoverished countries.[1] In 2015, the United Nations (UN) Human Development Index ranked Niger as the second least-developed of 188 countries.[2] Additionally, in 2015 the Global Finance Magazine ranked Niger 7th among the twenty-three poorest countries in the world.[3] Two out of three residents live below the poverty line and more than 40 percent of the population earn less than $1 a day. Civil war, terror, illness, disease, poverty and hunger plague Niger.[4] Hunger is one of the most significant problems the population faces daily.[2] With a national population of 19,899,120, 45.7% of this population live below the poverty line.