COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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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 (Figure 11). 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).
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Looking at the group of countries for which MPI is calculated, it is observed that 74 percent of the
OIC member countries are included in this group. Among the OIC member countries which have
MPI values, 26 percent is upper-middle 36 percent is lower-middle and 38 percent is low income
countries (Figure 12). The population living in multidimensional poverty changes a lot among the
OIC member countries. While in Turkmenistan this rate is only 0.4 percent, in Niger it reaches to
90.5 percent.
9; 16%
14; 25%
11; 20%
22; 39%
Very High HD
High HD
Medium HD
Low HD