For the First Time Ever, Less Than 10 Per Cent of the World's Population Lives in Extreme Poverty By Notable Life By Notable LifeView Author|October 5, 2015|Health + Wellness,View Health + Wellness Life,View Life TrendingView Trending World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called it the best story in the world today: Less than 10 percent of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015. The threshold for 'extreme poverty' is determined by those... View this article.