The experience of poverty goes far beyond that. no income or low income. Unfortunately, even today in many countries, large segments of the population experience severe poverty in many areas of life, including health, education, and living standards.
To capture this broader reality, researchers from the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and the United Nations Development Program multidimensional poverty index. This set of indicators captures whether people are undernourished, have lost a child, lack education and access to basic amenities such as clean water and electricity, and are critical to well-being. measures poverty across the following areas:
This map shows the percentage of each country's population living in multidimensional poverty, Highlight where households face overlapping poverty.
Across South America and some countries in East Asia, this rate is less than 10%. However, in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of the population experiences these extreme conditions. In Niger (91%), Chad (84%) and the Central African Republic (80%), the proportion is more than four in five.
These numbers are based on data from over 100 countries drawn from household surveys conducted between 2011 and 2023.
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