The phenomena of poverty is increasing everywhere very fast in the last couple of years. Although KSA and USA are strong countries, both of them have a high number of poverty. In this article, I am going to mention some information about poverty in both countries.
KSA is one of the biggest countries that produce oil in the world. Even though, it still faces the problem of poverty increasing. Unfortunately, 1.5 million Saudis live on social security aid. Approximately, 20% of Saudis are under the poverty line which is 1600 SR. there are some reasons that cause this high number of poverty. For instance, 32% of workers in KSA are Saudis but around 68% of them are foreigners which increase the number of unemployment to reach 11%. Also, floods made a lot of damages and of course increased the poverty number. Honestly, this problem is still growing while the government of KSA gives almost all of Saudis a plot of land and home loan of 300,000 SR. finally, I will not forget to mention that all Saudis have free education and health care.
On the other hand, USA is very well known for its good life, economy and chances to become rich. But these are the good sides. The fact is 43.6 million Americans are poor in 2009. That is the highest level of poverty in 15 years. In 2009, the US government says 50.7 million Americans don’t have health care insurance and threshold for single under 65 years is $ 11,161. Also, the US government reveals that 46% of poor
