Almost an additional 20 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year due to Russia's war in Ukraine and its negative fallout, such as rising food prices, according to a recent U.N. report.
The document titled "The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022" (SDG) said the number of people who will live on less than $1.90 a day across the world in 2022 is estimated at 656.7 million, but "rising food prices and the broader impacts" of the Russian invasion of Ukraine could push the number even higher to 676.5 million.
Although the estimate is still below 684.2 million in 2021, the invasion that began in late February would leave the world "even further from meeting the target of ending extreme poverty by 2030," which is among the 17 goals described in the SDG report.