Table 1 Poverty headcount and poverty rate by continent and SSP scenario, 2030 (millions, poverty rate in parenthesis)

From: Will the Sustainable Development Goals be fulfilled? Assessing present and future global poverty

Region

SSP1

SSP2

SSP3

SSP4

SSP5

Africa

334.69 (21.18%)

376.42 (23.19%)

429.77 (25.68%)

427.12 (25.74%)

317.32 (20.15%)

Asia

31.72 (0.66%)

35.74 (0.73%)

40.36 (0.81%)

38.46 (0.79%)

30.62 (0.64%)

Europe

2.21 (0.30%)

2.19 (0.29%)

2.12 (0.29%)

2.16 (0.29%)

2.28 (0.30%)

North America

9.90 (1.55%)

10.70 (1.66%)

12.02 (1.89%)

11.48 (1.80%)

9.38 (1.44%)

Oceania

2.41 (5.20%)

2.66 (5.71%)

2.89 (6.39%)

2.93 (6.30%)

2.34 (4.90%)

South America

15.85 (3.43%)

17.17 (3.65%)

18.85 (3.91%)

17.01 (3.66%)

15.37 (3.34%)

World

396.78 (4.79%)

444.88 (5.29%)

506.02 (5.92%)

499.16 (5.95%)

377.29 (4.55%)