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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
40 places, 408 data points, 2010–2020
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The percentage of people who are multidimensionally poor