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Countries by poverty rate

The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was developed in 2010 by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and the United Nations Development Programme.

The MPI calculation based not only on population income factors. It assesses poverty with respect to education, health and living standards also. 

Some additional indicators are also given in the table: the intensity of deprivation, as well as the percentage of the population in multidimensional poverty and the percentage of the population in severe multidimensional poverty. 

Multidimensional poverty index
Data source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Year: 2018


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Multidimensional poverty index (MPI) Population in multidimensional poverty, headcount (%) Population in multidimensional poverty, intensity of deprivation (%) Population in severe multidimensional poverty (%) Comments
Niger
 0.591 90.600 65.300 74.900 Data refer to 2012.
South Sudan
 0.581 91.900 63.200 74.500 Data refer to 2010.
Chad
 0.535 85.900 62.300 66.200 Data refer to 2015.
Burkina Faso
 0.520 84 61.900 64.800 Data refer to 2010.
Somalia
 0.518 82.200 62.900 67.500 Data refer to 2006.
Ethiopia
 0.490 83.800 58.500 61.800 Data refer to 2016.
Central African Republic
 0.465 79.400 58.600 54.700 Data refer to 2010.
Mali
 0.457 78.100 58.500 56.700 Data refer to 2015.
Madagascar
 0.453 77.800 58.200 57.300 Data refer to 2009.
Sierra Leone
 0.422 76.500 55.200 48.400 Data refer to 2013.
Mozambique
 0.412 72.500 56.800 49.200 Data refer to 2011.
Burundi
 0.404 74.300 54.300 45.400 Data refer to 2017.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
 0.378 72.500 52.200 42.200 Data refer to 2014.
Guinea-Bissau
 0.373 67.400 55.400 40.500 Data refer to 2014.
Benin
 0.346 63.200 54.800 38 Data refer to 2014.
Guinea
 0.337 62 54.500 38.100 Data refer to 2016.
Liberia
 0.331 64.900 50.900 33.200 Data refer to 2013.
Nigeria
 0.294 52 56.700 32.700 Data refer to 2017.
Senegal
 0.293 54.400 53.900 32 Data refer to 2016.
The Gambia
 0.286 55.300 51.800 32 Data refer to 2013.
Angola
 0.283 51.200 55.300 32.500 Data refer to 2016.
Sudan
 0.280 52.400 53.400 30.900 Data refer to 2014.
Uganda
 0.279 56.800 49.100 25.400 Data refer to 2016.
Tanzania
 0.275 55.600 49.400 26.100 Data refer to 2016.
Afghanistan
 0.273 56.100 48.700 25.100 Data refer to 2016.
Rwanda
 0.266 55.800 47.700 22.900 Data refer to 2015.
Zambia
 0.262 53.400 49.100 24.300 Data refer to 2014.
Mauritania
 0.261 50.600 51.600 26.400 Data refer to 2015.
Togo
 0.250 48.400 51.600 24.400 Data refer to 2014.
Cameroon
 0.244 45.400 53.700 25.800 Data refer to 2014.
Malawi
 0.244 52.700 46.200 18.500 Data refer to 2016.
Yemen
 0.241 47.800 50.500 23.900 Data refer to 2013.
Ivory Coast
 0.236 46.100 51.200 24.500 Data refer to 2016.
Haiti
 0.231 47.600 48.600 22.500 Data refer to 2012.
Pakistan
 0.228 43.900 52 24.700 Data refer to 2013.
Laos
 0.211 40.500 52.200 22 Data refer to 2012.
East Timor
 0.211 46 45.800 16.500 Data refer to 2016.
Bangladesh
 0.194 41.100 47.300 16.200 Data refer to 2014.
Republic of the Congo
 0.185 40.400 45.700 15.500 Data refer to 2012.
Namibia
 0.183 40.600 45.100 12.900 Data refer to 2013.
Comoros
 0.181 37.400 48.500 16.200 Data refer to 1012.
Kenya
 0.179 38.900 46 13.400 Data refer to 2014.
Myanmar
 0.176 38.300 45.900 13.900 Data refer to 2016.
Bhutan
 0.175 37.300 46.800 14.700 Data refer to 2010.
Vanuatu
 0.174 38.800 44.900 10.200 Data refer to 2007.
Djibouti
 0.170 34.600 49 15.700 Data refer to 2006.
Cambodia
 0.158 34.900 45.300 12 Data refer to 2014.
Nepal
 0.154 35.300 43.600 12 Data refer to 2016.
Zimbabwe
 0.149 34.700 42.900 8.800 Data refer to 2015.
Lesotho
 0.146 33.600 43.500 8.600 Data refer to 2014.
Guatemala
 0.134 29.100 46.200 11.300 Data refer to 2015.
Ghana
 0.132 28.900 45.500 9.600 Data refer to 2014.
India
 0.121 27.500 43.900 8.600 Data refer to 2016.
Bolivia
 0.094 20.500 46 7.100 Data refer to 2008.
São Tomé and Príncipe
 0.092 22.100 41.700 4.400 Data refer to 2014.
Honduras
 0.090 19.500 46.400 6.600 Data refer to 2012.
Morocco
 0.085 18.600 45.700 6.500 Data refer to 2011.
Swaziland
 0.083 19.600 42.400 4.400 Data refer to 2014.
Nicaragua
 0.074 16.300 45.200 5.500 Data refer to 2012.
Gabon
 0.067 15 44.300 4.800 Data refer to 2012.
Iraq
 0.059 14.700 40 3 Data refer to 2011.
Peru
 0.052 12.400 41.500 2.700 Data refer to 2012.
Tajikistan
 0.049 12.100 40.400 2.300 Data refer to 2012.
Mongolia
 0.043 10.200 41.600 1.600 Data refer to 2013.
Suriname
 0.041 9.400 43.400 2.500 Data refer to 2010.
Philippines
 0.038 7.400 51.800 4.700 Data refer to 2013.
El Salvador
 0.033 7.900 41.300 1.700 Data refer to 2014.
South Africa
 0.032 8.200 39.300 1.100 Data refer to 2015.
Indonesia
 0.029 7.200 40.500 1.200 Data refer to 2012.
Syria
 0.029 7.400 38.900 1.200 Data refer to 2009.
Mexico
 0.025 6.300 39.200 1 Data refer to 2016.
Colombia
 0.021 5 40.800 0.900 Data refer to 2016.
Egypt
 0.020 5.200 37.600 0.600 Data refer to 2014.
Vietnam
 0.020 5 39.500 0.700 Data refer to 2014.
Azerbaijan
 0.019 4.900 38.400 0.500 Data refer to 2006.
Paraguay
 0.019 4.600 42 1 Data refer to 2016.
Ecuador
 0.018 4.500 40 0.800 Data refer to 2014.
Jamaica
 0.018 4.700 38.700 0.800 Data refer to 2014.
China
 0.017 4 41.400 0.300 Data refer to 2014.
Belize
 0.017 4.400 39.800 0.600 Data refer to 2016.
Brazil
 0.016 3.800 42.500 0.900 Data refer to 2015.
Uzbekistan
 0.016 4.400 37.200 0.300 Data refer to 2006.
Dominican Republic
 0.016 4.100 38.900 0.500 Data refer to 2014.
Guyana
 0.014 3.400 41.900 0.700 Data refer to 2014.
Macedonia
 0.010 2.500 37.700 0.200 Data refer to 2011.
Barbados
 0.009 2.500 34.200 - Data refer to 2012.
Algeria
 0.008 2.100 38.800 0.300 Data refer to 2013.
Kyrgyzstan
 0.008 2.300 36.300 - Data refer to 2014.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 0.008 2.200 37.900 0.100 Data refer to 2012.
Albania
 0.008 2 37.800 0.200 Data refer to 2009.
Libya
 0.007 2 37.100 0.100 Data refer to 2014.
Maldives
 0.007 1.900 36.600 0.100 Data refer to 2009.
Saint Lucia
 0.007 1.900 37.500 - Data refer to 2012.
Tunisia
 0.005 1.300 39.700 0.200 Data refer to 2012.
Jordan
 0.005 1.300 35.500 0.100 Data refer to 2012.
Moldova
 0.004 0.900 37.400 0.100 Data refer to 2012.
Palestinian National Authority
 0.004 1 37.600 0.100 Data refer to 2014.
Thailand
 0.003 0.800 39.100 0.100 Data refer to 2016.
Kazakhstan
 0.002 0.500 35.600 - Data refer to 2015.
Trinidad and Tobago
 0.002 0.600 38 0.100 Data refer to 2011.
Montenegro
 0.002 0.400 45.700 0.100 Data refer to 2013.
Ukraine
 0.001 0.200 34.500 - Data refer to 2012.
Serbia
 0.001 0.300 42.500 0.100 Data refer to 2014.
Turkmenistan
 0.001 0.400 36.100 - Data refer to 2016.
Armenia
 0.001 0.200 36.200 - Data refer to 2016.