Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%) by country

Countries reporting
43
Highest
46.6%
Albania
Lowest
11.3%
Czechia
Median
20.0%
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
554

What the numbers show

Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 46.6% in Albania; the lowest is 11.3% in Czechia.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.0%, and the mean is 23.1%.

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

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 12.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 57.7%).

Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 46.6% 2021 falling
2 Kyrgyzstan 43.6% 2023 down 13.1% falling
3 Ghana 41.3% 2023 down 24.9% falling
4 Ecuador 40.8% 2024 up 9.2% flat
5 North Macedonia 39.8% 2020 down 15.7% falling
6 Mexico 36.3% 2022 down 20.2% falling
7 Montenegro 34.1% 2022 down 8.6% falling
8 Romania 32.0% 2023 down 23.6% falling
9 Serbia 30.7% 2023 down 26.9% falling
10 Rwanda 30.4% 2022 down 18.5% falling
11 Bulgaria 30.3% 2024 down 24.4% falling
12 Greece 26.1% 2023 down 26.9% falling
13 Spain 25.8% 2024 down 11.6% flat
14 Paraguay 24.9% 2020 falling
15 Latvia 24.3% 2024 down 25.7% falling
15 Lithuania 24.3% 2023 down 21.1% falling
17 Italy 23.1% 2024 down 18.4% falling
18 Estonia 22.2% 2024 down 14.6% flat
19 Germany 20.9% 2024 up 1.5% rising
20 Croatia 20.7% 2023 down 30.8% falling
21 France 20.4% 2023 up 12.7% flat
22 Luxembourg 20.0% 2024 up 5.3% rising
23 Malta 19.8% 2023 down 19.5% falling
24 Hungary 19.7% 2023 down 43.4% falling
25 Ireland 19.2% 2023 down 35.8% falling
26 Belgium 18.2% 2024 down 14.2% falling
27 Denmark 18.0% 2024 up 0.6% flat
28 Austria 17.7% 2023 down 5.9% falling
29 Slovak Republic 17.6% 2023 down 11.1% falling
30 Sweden 17.5% 2024 down 3.8% flat
31 Armenia 17.3% 2023 down 43.3% falling
32 Finland 16.8% 2024 down 2.9% falling
33 Cyprus 16.7% 2023 down 39.9% falling
34 Dominican Republic 16.4% 2019 down 53.7% falling
35 Poland 16.3% 2023 down 36.8% falling
36 Norway 15.8% 2023 up 12.1% rising
37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 15.4% 2024 down 6.7% flat
38 Slovenia 14.4% 2024 down 29.4% falling
39 Costa Rica 13.1% 2024 down 49.0% falling
40 Colombia 12.1% 2023 down 50.2% falling
41 Iceland 11.7% 2020 down 14.6% falling
42 Thailand 11.6% 2021 down 57.7% falling
43 Czechia 11.3% 2024 down 23.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
44 places, 554 data points, 2010–2024
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