COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges between
15.1 (Egypt) and 49.0 (Syria) and the contribution of deprivation in living conditions ranges
between 6.9 (Egypt) and 48.8 (Sudan), while the contribution of deprivation in health is the
highest which ranges between 18.6 (Egypt) and 45.7 (Sudan).
State of Hunger
In lower-middle income group, almost all countries(except Tunisia and Kyrgyzstan), namely
Indonesia, Egypt, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Bangladesh, Cote d'Ivoire,
Mauritania, Senegal, Comoros and Djibouti have moderate or serious levels of hunger.
Table 3: Global Hunger Index Values of Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Country 2000 2005 2010 2018
Indonesia 25.5 26.5 24.5 21.9
Tunisia 10.7 8.6 7.6 7.9
Egypt 16.4 14.3 16.3 14.8
Morocco 15.7 17.8 10.2 10.4
Uzbekistan 23.7 17.9 15.6 12.1
Nigeria 40.9 34.8 29.2 31.1
Pakistan 38.3 37 36 32.6
Sudan 0 0 0 34.8
Bangladesh 36 30.8 30.3 26.1
Cote d'Ivoire 33.7 34.7 31 25.9
Mauritania 33.5 29.7 24.8 27.3
Kyrgyzstan 18.8 14 12.4 9.3
Senegal 37.3 27.8 24.1 17.2
Comoros 38 33.6 30.4 30.8
Djibouti 46.7 44.1 36.5 30.1
Source: Global Hunger Index, 2018
Note: There is data for Palestine and Cameroon.
Low Income OIC Member Countries
Human Development Index
All the low income OIC counties are in the low human development (LHD) category, except
Tajikistan which is in the Medium Human Development category. While the highest HDI value is
0.650 and belongs to Tajikistan, with a position of 127 in the HDI ranking, the lowest value is
0.354 and belongs to Niger, with a position of 189 (Figure 18).