COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 13: HDI Values of High Income OIC Member Countries
Source: UNDP, 2018.
The values for the first dimension of HDI, GNI per capita (PPP Current International US$) are
between US$41,230 (Oman) and US$124,130 (Qatar) for the high income countries. All High
Income countries are above the average GNI value for the Very High Human Development (VHHD)
category which is US$39,605. However, for all the other dimensions (life expectancy at birth,
mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling) the index values of the high income OIC
countries are below the average index values of the VHHD. Only for the expected years of
schooling the index value of Saudi Arabia is just above the average of the VHHD. Indeed, the index
values for life expectancy at birth of these countries are between 74.7 (Saudi Arabia) and 78.3
(Qatar) while the average value of the VHHD is 79.5; mean years of schooling values are between
7.3 (Kuwait) and 10.8 (United Arab Emirates) while the average value for the VHHD category is
12.2; and expected years of schooling values are between 13.4 (Qatar) and 16.9 (Saudi Arabia)
while the average value for the VHHD category is 16.4.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Data for multidimensional poverty index is not available for high income OIC member countries.
State of Hunger
High income does not experience food deficiency. Similarly, among high income OIC Member
Countries only Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman has data related to global hunger index and the
index for Saudi Arabia and Oman is 11.5 and 13.7 respectively. Index for Kuwait is negligible
(below 5).
Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Human Development Index
While 2 out of 16 upper-middle OIC income countries are in very high human development
category, 12 countries are in High Human Development (HHD) category and 2 countries are in
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