Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions by country

Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%)

Countries reporting
40
Highest
43.6%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
11.3%
Czechia
Median
20.5%
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
549

What the numbers show

Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 43.6% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 11.3% in Czechia.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.5%, and the mean is 23.0%.

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

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 12.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 57.7%).

Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kyrgyzstan 43.6% 2023 down 13.1% falling
2 Ghana 41.3% 2023 down 24.9% falling
3 Ecuador 40.8% 2024 up 9.2% flat
4 North Macedonia 39.8% 2020 down 15.7% falling
5 Mexico 36.3% 2022 down 20.2% falling
6 Montenegro 34.1% 2022 down 8.6% falling
7 Romania 32.0% 2023 down 23.6% falling
8 Turkey 30.7% 2023 down 40.0% falling
8 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
24 Hungary 19.7% 2023 down 43.4% 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 Slovakia 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 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

About this data

Indicator
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions
Unit
%
Source
National Government – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 549 data points, 2010–2024
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Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%)