Historic oil on canvas, contemporary inserts, lacquered.

Share of the global population living in poverty, real and imagined.

Top rows of triangles, from left to right:

2020 - 9% of global population living in poverty
2005 - 25% of global population living in poverty
1990 - 35% of global population living in poverty

Bottom rows of triangles, from left to right:

12% - Believe poverty has gotten better over the past 30 years
33% - Believe poverty has stayed the same over the past 30 years
55% - Believe poverty has gotten worse over the past 30 years

(Sources: Gapminder, Ignorance test in the UK, OurWorldinData.org)