1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty across 109 countries. And more than half of them are children, with consequences that can stretch through decades, limiting the opportunities of future generations. Find out more in OPHI - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP’s new #MultidimensionalPoverty Index Report 2025: https://go.undp.org/iJe | United Nations Development Programme - UNDP

Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023

Perspective: Multidimensional Poverty | 07 December, 2021

This week, the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP released two key indices which provide a comprehensive overview of development progress across countries. Read the Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update at http://report.hdr.undp.org Access to the 2018 Multidimensional Poverty Index data: http://hdr.undp.org/en/2018-MPI | UNDP in Asia and the Pacific | Human Development Report | OPHI - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative | | UNDP Pakistan

“We consider the multidimensional poverty index a highly innovative approach because of its multi-faceted nature and the availability of estimates at the sub-national level. Multidimensional poverty provides useful analysis and information for targeting poverty, and reducing regional inequalities. Many countries are using MPI to inform government priorities for planning and it is encouraging to see Government of Pakistan adopting MPI to complement monetary poverty measure in Pakistan,” Marc-Andr