Since 1980, the economic gap between the rich and the poor in the United States has increased almost three times.
According to Oxfam's report, 82 percent of the world's wealth is controlled by 1 percent of the richest people in the world.
Women tend to experience greater wage gaps than men. In 2018, the average woman in the United States only got 85 percent of men's wages.
Countries with lower economic gaps tend to have lower infant and mother mortality.
Low income is associated with a worse level of health, including a higher risk of premature death.
According to Oxfam's report, women do more than 75 percent of work not paid worldwide.
Quality education is more difficult to access for the poor. In the United States, students from families with low income have a lower chance of graduating from college.
Countries with higher gaps tend to have a higher level of crime.
Increased economic inequality can affect the political and social stability of a country.
Increasing economic gaps can worsen climate change, because poor people tend to rely on natural resources to survive.
