More than 1 billion people around the world have disabilities.

Judged as of 2019-05-16. True if authoritative estimates current at that date (e.g., WHO/World Bank World Report on Disability, 2011: about 15% of the world population, over 1 billion people) put the number of people with disabilities worldwide above 1 billion. Mostly true if the authoritative estimate is about 1 billion, so that 'more than' is slightly overstated, or if estimates differ but the main ones support roughly 1 billion or more. Mixed if authoritative sources disagree substantially and some put the figure well under 1 billion. Mostly false if the 1 billion figure rests on a real estimate that the claim clearly distorts (e.g., a much narrower definition gives a far lower figure, and that is the standard measure). False if authoritative estimates as of 2019 put the global number of people with disabilities clearly below 1 billion (e.g., under 900 million).

Set before the research began.

1. E1 World report on disability World Health Organization · 14 December 2011

   “The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability.”

2. E2 Statement from the World Bank Group at the UN High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Disability World Bank Group · 23 September 2013

   “One billion people, or 15 percent of the world’s population, experience some form of disability.”

3. E3 World Report on Disability World Health Organization · 14 December 2011

   “About 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability, of whom 2-4% experience significant difficulties in functioning.”

4. E4 Disability World Health Organization · 27 January 2020

   “An estimated 1.3 billion people – about 16% of the global population – currently experience significant disability.”

The joint WHO/World Bank World report on disability (2011) says more than a billion people experience disability (E1). The same report puts the share at about 15% of the world's population (E3). The World Bank's 2013 statement gives the same figure of one billion, or 15 percent (E2). A later WHO estimate of 1.3 billion (E4) also fits the claim, though it was published after the judgment date.