A new report has ranked Uganda in the top 10 countries with extreme poverty in Africa. The report, titled ‘The Start of a New Poverty Narrative’, says there are 14.2 million Ugandans living in extreme poverty.
The report further stated that in Africa, D.R Congo may soon overtake India as number two, while Africa may be home to additional 3.2 million people living in extreme poverty by the end of 2018.
With the report, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end extreme poverty by 2030 may be unattainable even as Africa faces major population increase.
According to the UN, By 2050 around 2.2 billion people could be added to the global population and more than half of that growth will come from Africa.
The World Poverty Clock report further states that of the 10 countries on this extreme poverty list, only Ethiopia is on track to meet the United Nations’ SDG of ending extreme poverty by 2030.
It also says outside the top 10, only Ghana and Mauritania are on track with the target.