Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (% of total population) by country
The percentage of people who are multidimensionally poor
Countries reporting
40
Highest
43.9%
Mexico
Lowest
11.0%
Iceland
Median
20.9%
Years covered
11
2010–2020
Data points
408
What the numbers show
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (% of total population) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 43.9% in Mexico; the lowest is 11.0% in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.9%, and the mean is 23.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 22.2%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 53.7%).
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 43.9% | 2020 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 2 | Turkey | 41.5% | 2020 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 39.9% | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 4 | Ecuador | 38.1% | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 32.1% | 2020 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 6 | El Salvador | 32.0% | 2019 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 7 | Montenegro | 30.9% | 2020 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 30.4% | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 9 | Serbia | 29.8% | 2020 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 10 | Greece | 28.9% | 2020 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 11 | Spain | 26.4% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Latvia | 26.0% | 2020 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 13 | Italy | 25.6% | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 14 | Paraguay | 24.9% | 2020 | — | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 24.8% | 2020 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 16 | Germany | 24.0% | 2020 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 17 | Estonia | 23.3% | 2020 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 18 | Croatia | 23.2% | 2020 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 19 | Cyprus | 21.3% | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 20.9% | 2020 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ireland | 20.8% | 2020 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 20.7% | 2019 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 23 | Armenia | 19.1% | 2020 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 24 | Malta | 19.0% | 2020 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium | 18.9% | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 26 | France | 18.2% | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 18.1% | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 28 | Sweden | 17.9% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Hungary | 17.8% | 2020 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 17.5% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 17.3% | 2020 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 16.4% | 2019 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 33 | Netherlands | 16.3% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 16.0% | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 35 | Norway | 15.9% | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 15.9% | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 15.0% | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 38 | Slovakia | 14.8% | 2020 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 39 | Czechia | 11.9% | 2020 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 40 | Iceland | 11.0% | 2018 | down 19.7% | falling |
About this data
The percentage of people who are multidimensionally poor