COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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Figure 15: Multidimensional Poverty Rate in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries (%)
Source: UNDP,2016.
Note: Index values for Algeria, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Tunisia and Turkey are not calculated.
The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges between
4.3 (Kazakhstan) and 50.1 (Iraq), and the contribution of deprivation in living conditions ranges
between 10,1 (Turkmenistan) and 40.9 (Gabon), while the contribution of deprivation in health
is generally the highest which ranges between 37.2 (Suriname) and 83.9 (Kazakhstan).
State of Hunger
None of the upper-middle income countries are classified under low-income food-deficit
countries.19 Most of the countries in this group have low or moderate levels of hunger .
Table 2: Global Hunger Index Values of Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Country 1990 1995 2000 2005 2016
Albania 21,4 19,1 21,1 17,1 11,9
Algeria 17,1 18,0 14,8 12,2 8,7
Azerbaijan − 28,3 27,2 16,7 9,8
Gabon 23,2 20,8 18,5 16,2 12
Guyana − 24,1 18,8 16,9 14,5
Iran 18,5 16,5 13,7 9,5 6,7
Iraq 17,4 24,3 24,9 23,6 22
Kazakhstan − 15,4 10,7 12,3 7,8
Lebanon 12,1 9,4 9,0 10,4 7,1
Libya − − − − −
Malaysia 20,4 17,4 15,5 14,6 9,7
Suriname 18,5 16,5 16,5 13,1 10,1
Turkey 14,5 13,4 10,5 7,6 <5
Turkmenistan − 24,5 22,2 17,5 12,3
Source: IFPRI ., 2016.
Note: Index value for Maldives is not calculated.
19 See Annex 5.
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