UNDP Releases 2021 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report
- The 2021 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report was released on 7 October 2021. The report is produced jointly by UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
- The report provides an estimates on multidimensional poverty across 109 developing countries (with data from surveys ranging 2009-2019/2020); These include 26 low-income countries, 80 middle-income countries and 3 high-income countries
- The index measures each person’s deprivations across 10 indicators divided into three equally weighted dimensions.
The indicators and dimensions includes:
Key Finding of the 2021 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report
- The finding is based across 109 countries and 5.9 billion people. of this, 1.3 billion people are multidimensionally poor (or 21.7%)
- About half (644 million) are children under age 18.
- About 8.2 percent (105 million) are age 60 or older.
- Nearly 85 percent live in Sub-Saharan Africa (556 million) or South Asia (532 million).
- 84 percent (1.1 billion) live in rural areas, and 16 percent (about 209 million) live in urban areas.
- More than 67 percent live in middle-income countries.
- In India, five out of six multidimensionally poor people were from lower tribes or castes.
Source: UNDP