Where the gaps are today

Six human needs, one sourced figure each. World aggregates, data retrieved 2026-10-04.

Food

8.5%of people undernourished

8.5% of the world's people were undernourished in 2023.

We believe robots that plant, tend and harvest, guided by a superintelligence that learns every field, could help every harvest reach every table.

Source: World Bank WDI (FAO (SDG 2.1.1)) · 2023 · CC BY 4.0

Water

73.7%of people used safely managed drinking water

73.7% of people used safely managed drinking water in 2024. About one person in four did not.

We believe tireless machines and smarter engineering could build, repair and watch over the pipes, pumps and treatment plants that safe water depends on.

Source: World Bank WDI (WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme) · 2024 · CC BY 4.0

Shelter

23.2%of city dwellers lived in slums

23.2% of the world's urban population lived in slums in 2022.

We believe robot builders and AI design could make a safe, good home something that can be built quickly, to a standard, for anyone.

Source: World Bank WDI (UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database) · 2022 · CC BY 4.0

Health

37.4deaths of children under five, per 1,000 live births

The world's under-5 mortality rate was 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024.

We believe AI could bring the knowing how of the best doctor to every clinic, and speed up the medicines and vaccines that protect children.

Source: World Bank WDI (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation) · 2024 · CC BY 4.0

Energy

91.9%of people had access to electricity

91.9% of people had access to electricity in 2024. The rest, about 8%, did not.

We believe robots could build and maintain clean power at a scale people alone cannot, and AI could run the grids that carry it.

Source: World Bank WDI (SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset (Tracking SDG7)) · 2024 · CC BY 4.0

Learning

48.3%of 10-year-olds below minimum reading level

48.3% of children at the end of primary-school age were below minimum reading proficiency in 2019 (learning poverty).

We believe a patient AI tutor in every child's own language could be there for every learner, wherever the nearest school is.

Source: World Bank WDI (World Bank / UNESCO Institute for Statistics (learning poverty)) · 2019 · CC BY 4.0

From Abundance for All by LeukLogic. Open data, World Bank (CC BY 4.0).Sources and what could change