COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 15: Multidimensional Poverty Rate in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
(%)
Source: World Bank, 2019
Note: Index values for, Azerbaijan Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia and Turkey are not calculated.
The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges between
3.1 (Maldives) and 49 (Guyana), and the contribution of deprivation in living conditions ranges
between 4.2 (Maldives) and 49.8 (Guyana), while the contribution of deprivation in health is
generally the highest which ranges between 10 (Maldives) and 47.7 (Guyana).
State of Hunger
None of the upper-middle income countries are classified under low-income food-deficit
countries.19 Except Iraq, all 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 2000 2005 2010 2018
Malaysia 15.5 13 11.9 13.3
Turkey 10.3 7.3 5.3 <5
Kazakhstan 11.3 12.4 8.8 5.5
Turkmenistan 22 17.4 15.3 12.2
Azerbaijan 27.4 17.4 12.3 9.5
Gabon 21.1 19 16.7 15.4
19 See Annex 5.
0,4 0,4 0,5 0,8 0,7
2,0 2,1
3,4
8,6
9,4
14,8
0,0
2,0
4,0
6,0
8,0
10,0
12,0
14,0
16,0