华盛顿 – 联合国全球贫困指数自2010年创建以来首次上升，受影响人数达到12亿，联合国开发计划署（UNDP）于10月12日报告称。
WASHINGTON – A UN global poverty index has risen for the first time since its creation in 2010, bringing the number of people affected to 1.2 billion, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported on Oct 12.
在其2026年版年度报告中，联合国开发计划署与牛津贫困与人类发展倡议研究中心统计发现，与上一年相比，处于“急性”贫困状态的人口增加了5150万。
In the 2026 edition of their annual report, the UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative research centre counted 51.5 million more people living in “acute” poverty compared to the previous year.
联合国开发计划署署长亚历山大·德克鲁表示，贫困增加应成为“全球的警钟”。
UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo said the increase in poverty should be a “wake-up call for the world”.
“这些数字背后是12亿人正面临相互叠加的困境：饥饿、失学以及缺乏清洁用水或电力。这是不可接受的，”他在新闻稿中表示。
“Behind these figures are 1.2 billion people facing hardships that reinforce one another: Hunger, missed schooling and a lack of clean water or electricity. This is unacceptable,” he said in a press release.
急性贫困人口中有超过一半是儿童。然而，联合国开发计划署指出，记录增长的主要因素是人口增长，且仅有108个发展中国家中的13个国家有新数据可用。
More than half of those in acute poverty were children However, UNDP said a major factor in the recorded increase was population growth, and new data was only available for 13 of the 108 developing countries covered by the report.
虽然贫困人口总数增加，但报告呈现出混合局面。过去15年中，有33个国家将其人口中处于贫困状态的比例减半。
While the total number of people in poverty has increased, the report provides a mixed picture. Some 33 nations have halved the percentage of their people living in poverty as defined by the index in the past 15 years.
这些国家包括撒哈拉以南非洲的六个国家。联合国开发计划署表示，进步最快的国家包括亚洲的中国和越南。
Those included six countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the countries that have made the most rapid progress were countries in Asia – China and Vietnam – UNDP said.
与去年一样，报告发现，全球最贫困的人口主要集中在撒哈拉以南非洲和南亚，具体而言是印度次大陆——地球上人口最稠密的地区。
As in the previous year, the report found that the majority of the poorest people live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, specifically the Indian subcontinent, the most densely populated region on Earth.
“在埃及、尼泊尔和塔吉克斯坦，贫困率和多维度贫困人口人数均显著下降，”新闻稿称。
“In Egypt, Nepal, and Tajikistan, both the poverty rate and the number of people experiencing multidimensional poverty have decreased significantly,” the press release said.
在安哥拉和赞比亚，贫困率也有所下降，但人口增长的影响更大，抵消了这一下降，导致贫困人口人数反而增加。
In Angola and Zambia, the poverty rate has also declined, but population growth has more than offset this decrease, resulting in an increase in the number of people living in poverty.
报告中使用的贫困指数包括诸如缺乏适当住房、卫生设施、电力、烹饪燃料、食物和教育等指标。
The poverty index used in the report includes indicators such as the lack of adequate housing, sanitation, electricity, cooking fuel, food and education.