Key Highlights of the Report

• Global Headcount: Of 6.3 billion people across 109 countries, 1.1 billion (18.3%) live in acute multidimensional poverty. 
  • 43.6% face severe poverty with deprivation in half or more MPI indicators.  
  • 83.2% live in sub-Saharan Africa (565 million) and South Asia (390 million).
• Multidimensional Poverty in India: It has fallen to 16.4% (2019–2021) from 55.1% (2005-06), lifting approximately 414 million people out of poverty. 
• Common Deprivations: Lack of clean cooking fuel, inadequate housing, and poor sanitation.
• Double Burden of poverty and climate hazards: Over 80% live in climate hazard-prone regions. 
  • South Asia has the highest number of poor in climate hazard areas.
• Small Island Developing States (SIDS):22 SIDS have a higher collective poverty rate (23.5%) than the developing world average (18.3%).
  • Sea-level rise by up to 70 cm by 2080–2099 due to global emissions in countries like Belize, Comoros, and Samoa pose a critical and escalating threat.

About Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

• Released by: United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI) annually since 2010.
• Methodology: The index is based on 3 dimensions with 10 indicators (refer infographic)