COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 16: HDI Values of Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Source: The UNDP, 2018.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
MPI values for the lower-middle income OIC Member Countries are in the range of between 0.005
(Tunisia) and 0.29 (Nigeria).20 In the lower-middle income group, half of these countries have an
MPI value that is two-times or more higher than the highest MPI value in the upper-middle income
group. Indeed, the MPI values of 69 percent lower-middle income countries are above 0.065
which is the highest MPI value of the upper-middle income group (Figure 17).
In this group, the share of population live in multidimensional poverty ranges between 1.3
percent (Tunisia) and 53.1 percent (Senegal). In almost half of the lower-middle income countries,
more than 40 percent of the population is multi-dimensionally poor.
Figure 17: Multidimensional Poverty in Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries (%)
Source: World Bank, 2019.
20 See Annex 8.
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