Has life on earth gotten better or worse from 1990-2020?

Larry Janesky: Think Daily

What is your answer?

There are some who say things are getting worse.  What do you say?

Well, here are some statistics of what happened between 1990 and 2020 – 

Global life expectancy increased from 64 years to 73 years.

The percentage of children who die before the age of five decreased from 9.3% to 3.7%.  Despite a significantly larger population today, this means that almost 7.5 million fewer children die annually compared with the early 1990’s. 

Deaths from mothers giving birth dropped by 55%.

The proportion of the world population receiving basic education has skyrocketed and the illiteracy rates have almost halved: from 25.7% to 13.5%.  In the age group 15-24. illiteracy is now just over 8%. 

Child labor in the 5-17 age group decreased from 16% to just under 10%.

The number of people globally living in extreme poverty dropped from 38% to now just 8.4%.  For the first time in history, fewer than one in ten people were poor.  Despite the fact that world population increased by more than 1.1 billion people.  According to Johan Norberg in his book “The Capitalist Manifesto”, that is the greatest thing that has ever happened to mankind.  The relentless hardship that most of humanity has suffered throughout its existence has been pushed back faster than ever and in more places than ever.”

This progress has not come because of any government planning or welfare program.  It came by unlocking the ingenuity and effort of people with economic freedom and open markets, including across borders.

I don’t attribute many things to luck.  But that we were born at this time – well, that’s plain luck. 

 

 

Tom

I appreciate the news you’ve shared today. Let’s stay optimistic about the present and the future.

Jim Burlison

Goes right in line with “in order to set things straight, ya gotta see things right”
When you see that there are things that are going right, it fuels optimism.

Glen E Weeks

Yep, you stopped at 2020. From 2020-2023 things aren’t going too well like maybe our luck has run out .

Sean P Perry

Better! I was in military high school in 1990. No fun, but taught me to be successful, which I’ve harnessed. Though challenging, life is so much better and more prosperous now.

Josh Lowe

Too funny but not surprising. This was the thought that I had woke up today with. What we are living with and experiencing today is plain remarkable in the world. We’re always just so blinded through the stresses and fears of our current battles and events in the world. More people need to hear these types of messages.

Johnny Mack

We can’t let the naysayers be the loudest. So many more great things happening in this world than bad. Keep spreading the message. Love it!

Michael Haydamous

Good morning! I appreciate this positive thinking! Thanks for sharing this interesting statistics…

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