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Consider the 2.4 billion people whose mean annual income is less than $1000 year and includes people living in India, Indonesia and rural China. With 42% of the world's population, this group received just 9% of the world PPP income. The other is the group of 500 million people whose income exceeds $11,500. This group includes the US, Japan, Germany, France and the UK. Combined, they account for 13% of the world's population yet garner 45% of the world PPP income. I would hope ALL of us have more than $11,500 a year to live on!

The richest 25% of the world's population receives 75% of the world's income, even when adjusting for Purchasing Power Parity. The poorest 75% of the population share just 25%. This occurs because a large proportion of the world's population lives in the poorest countries, and within the poorest regions of those countries, particularly in the rural areas of China, rural and urban India and Africa.

Just think how spoiled we all look to those who have one outfit... a thatched roof over mud walls, no electricity or phone, no running water, or vehicles. I think sometimes we just need to remind ourselves how good we really have it!