Share of the world population escaping extreme poverty worlwide, 1820-2015
- 1820: 16 % escaped poverty
- 1870: 25 % escaped poverty
- 1920: 40 % escaped poverty
- 1970: 64 % escaped poverty
- 2015: 90 % escaped poverty
Says designer Stefan Sagmeister, commenting the project: “Most of us would agree: Health is better than sickness, we prefer life over death, knowledge beats ignorance, many of us rather live in a democracy than a dictatorship. We prefer food over being hungry, and peace over war. All of these things can be measured. All of these things have been measured. Over the past 200 years. All of them have improved.”
There are 6 variations engraved with corundum stone at our workshops in Vienna.
Share of the world population escaping extreme poverty worlwide, 1820-2015
Height | 125 mm |
Diameter | 71 mm |
Volume | 0.35 l |