Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021
On 7th October, 2021, the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste and gender, was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
The report examines the level and composition of multidimensional poverty across 109 countries covering 5.9 billion people and presents an ethnicity/race/caste disaggregation for 41 countries with available information.
Key Findings
Multidimensional Poverty around the World
- Across 109 countries 1.3 billion people— 21.7 percent—live in acute multidimensional poverty.
- About half (644 million) are children under age 18.
- Nearly 85 percent live in Sub-Saharan Africa (556 million) or South ....
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