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Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female (% of female population) by country

The percentage of female population who are multidimensionally poor

Countries reporting
36
Highest
44.4%
Mexico
Lowest
11.3%
Iceland
Median
21.4%
Years covered
11
2010–2020
Data points
372

What the numbers show

Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 44.4% in Mexico; the lowest is 11.3% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.4%, and the mean is 23.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 19.2%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 54.8%).

Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 44.4% 2020 down 3.9% falling
2 Türkiye 42.8% 2020 down 35.5% falling
3 North Macedonia 41.1% 2018 down 12.6% falling
4 Bulgaria 34.2% 2020 down 32.8% falling
5 Romania 31.9% 2020 down 24.8% falling
6 El Salvador 31.0% 2019 down 20.3% falling
7 Montenegro 30.8% 2020 down 18.9% falling
8 Serbia 30.6% 2020 down 27.1% falling
9 Greece 29.9% 2020 up 2.0% flat
10 Latvia 28.2% 2020 down 26.9% falling
11 Spain 27.2% 2020 up 1.9% flat
12 Lithuania 27.1% 2020 down 20.8% falling
13 Italy 26.6% 2019 down 0.7% flat
14 Germany 24.8% 2020 up 18.7% flat
14 Estonia 24.8% 2020 up 12.7% rising
16 Croatia 24.2% 2020 down 24.6% falling
17 Cyprus 22.2% 2020 down 15.6% falling
18 Ireland 21.7% 2020 down 22.8% falling
19 Luxembourg 21.1% 2020 up 19.2% rising
20 Malta 20.5% 2020 down 8.5% falling
21 Costa Rica 20.1% 2019 down 32.6% falling
22 Belgium 19.5% 2020 down 10.1% falling
23 Sweden 19.0% 2020 up 1.1% flat
24 France 18.7% 2020 down 6.0% falling
25 Poland 18.2% 2020 down 36.1% falling
26 Austria 17.9% 2020 down 12.7% falling
27 Hungary 17.8% 2020 down 41.3% falling
28 Norway 17.1% 2020 up 7.5% rising
29 Netherlands 16.7% 2020 up 4.4% flat
30 Denmark 16.2% 2020 down 14.7% falling
31 Slovenia 16.0% 2020 down 20.4% falling
32 Finland 15.8% 2020 down 10.7% falling
33 Dominican Republic 15.6% 2019 down 54.8% falling
34 Slovakia 15.1% 2020 down 30.1% falling
35 Czechia 14.2% 2020 down 11.2% falling
36 Iceland 11.3% 2018 down 19.3% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 372 data points, 2010–2020
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The percentage of female population who are multidimensionally poor