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COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018

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Figure 3: Share of Income Level Categories for Countries with Multidimensional Poverty (%)

Source: Own calculations from

UNDP (2016).

The percentages of the deprived population vary significantly within the same income group

countries. Looking at the contribution of deprivation in education (namely years of schooling and

child school attendance) to overall poverty, it ranges between 1.5 and 2.2 percent for high income

countries, 2.6 and 50.1 percent for upper-middle income countries, 3.4 and 54.7 percent for

lower-middle income countries and 10.8 and 45.6 for low income countries. The range for health

is much wider. It changes between 86.1 and 95.9 percent for high income countries, between 24.7

and 89.70 percent for upper-middle income countries, 12.6 and 87.8 percent for lower-middle

income countries and 14.3 and 34.5 percent for low income countries. Likewise, the contribution

of deprivation in living standards indicator ranges from 2.6 to 11.7 percent for high income

countries, from 7.7 to 50.8 percent for upper-middle income, from 3.5 to 56.6 percent in lower-

middle income and from 33.9 to 54.9 percent in low income group. The difference between the

deprivation levels of the MPI indicators among different income group countries is striking.

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State of Hunger

According to FAO, there are 52 low-income food-deficit countries in total, of which 37 are in Africa,

11 are in Asia, 2 are in America and 2 are in Oceania.

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To understand the hunger situation of the

countries, it is helpful to look at the GHI values. In this regard, according to the GHI trend between

2000 and 2016, severity of hunger is found to be decreasing globally. Indeed, while the value of

the 2000 GHI for the developing world was 30.0, this value is 21.3 for 2016, which accounts to a

decrease of 29 percent

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. Despite this improvement, 50 countries are in serious situation and

alarming situation.

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Own calculations from UNDP(2016).

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FAO, 2016. Low-income food-deficit countries are the countries with a net income per person that falls below

the level used by the World Bank to determine eligibility for IDA assistance and net importers of food. For full list

of low-income-food-deficit countries. See Annex 6.

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IFPRI

et.al.

, 2015.

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See Annex 7.

1,96%

28,43%

41,18%

28,43%

High income

Low income

Lower middle income

Upper middle income