COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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Poverty headcount ratios of the low income countries are very high in general. In fact, all the
countries in this income group have poverty headcount ratios at US$1.90 a day higher than 35
percent except Yemen, Comoros, the Gambia and Tajikistan .
Figure 10: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$ 1.90 a day in the Low Income OIC Member
Countries (PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2018b.
Note: Data for Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria are not available. Also, latest data between 2009 and 2016 are used.
1.2.2. Non-Monetary Poverty
COMCEC in General
Human Development Index
When the OIC Member Countries are examined in terms of Human Development Index (HDI)
values, a heterogeneous composition is observed . The HDI values for the OIC member
countries range from 0.863 (United Arab Emirates) to 0.354 (Niger). While 9 OIC Member
Countries are in the very high human development category, 14 are in the high, 11 are in the
medium and 22 are in the low human development category. Somalia has not an HDI value.
Figure 11: Distribution of OIC Member States in Different Human Development Categories
Source: UNDP (2018).
67,10
62,90
52,20 49,70 49,60 49,20
44,50 43,70 41,60
38,40 38,00
35,30
18,80 18,10
10,10
4,80
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20,00
30,00
40,00
50,00
60,00
70,00
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9; 16%
14; 25%
11; 20%
22; 39%
Very High HD
High HD
Medium HD
Low HD