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[[File:Nairobi Kibera 04.JPG|330px|thumb|[[Kibera]] is the largest [[slum]] in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.]]
 
'''Poverty in Africa''' is the lack of provision to satisfy the [[Basic needs|basic human needs]] of certain people in [[Africa]]. African nations typically fall toward the bottom of any list measuring small size economic activity, such as income per capita or [[GDP]] per capita, despite a wealth of natural resources. In 2009, 22 of 24 nations identified as having "Low Human Development" on the [[United Nations]]' (UN) [[Human Development Index]] were in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>[http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ International Human Development Indicators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112042847/http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ |date=12 January 2013 }}. undp.org</ref> As of 2019, 424 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were reportedly living in severe poverty. In 2022, 460 million people—an increase of 36 million in only three years—were anticipated to be living in extreme poverty as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and war.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bank |first=European Investment |url=https://www.eib.org/en/publications/finance-in-africa-navigating-the-financial-landscape-in-turbulent-times |title=Finance in Africa - Navigating the financial landscape in turbulent times |date=2022-10-19 |publisher=European Investment Bank |isbn=978-92-861-5382-2 |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Africa might have dodged a bullet, but systemic warnings abound for poverty reduction efforts on the continent |url=https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/africa-might-have-dodged-bullet-systemic-warnings-abound-poverty-reduction-efforts |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=blogs.worldbank.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Extreme poverty rises in West Africa due to COVID-19 pandemic {{!}} World Food Programme |url=https://www.wfp.org/news/extreme-poverty-rises-west-africa-due-covid-19-pandemic |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=www.wfp.org |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2006, 34 of the 50 nations on the UN list of [[least developed countries]] were in Africa.<ref>[https://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm LDCs List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026045553/http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm |date=26 October 2013 }}. un.org. Retrieved on 31 October 2011.</ref> In many nations, GDP per capita is less than US$5200 per year, with the vast majority of the population living on much less (according to [[World Bank]] data, by 2016 the [[island nation]] of [[Seychelles]] was the only African country with a [[GDP per capita]] above US$10,000 per year<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD GDP per capita (current US$)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701072201/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD |date=1 July 2019 }}, [[World Bank]] website, retrieved 9 January 2018</ref>). In addition, Africa's share of income has been consistently dropping over the past century by any measure. In 1820, the average European worker earned about three times what the average African did. Now, the average European earns twenty times what the average African does.<ref>*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060728035445/http://www.prosi.net.mu/mag98/356sept/sachs356.htm A New Partnership for Growth in Africa]</ref> Although GDP per capita incomes in Africa have also been steadily growing, measures are still far better in other parts of the world.
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