COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 19: Multidimensional Poverty Rate in Low Income OIC Member Countries
Source: World Bank, 2019.
The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges between
28 (Tajikistan) and 55.1 (Uganda), the contribution of deprivation in health ranges between 21.3
(Tajikistan) and 90.44 (Uganda), and the contribution of deprivation in living conditions ranges
between 25.8 (Tajikistan) and 55.1 (Uganda).
State of Hunger
All the countries in the low income group are in the position of “low income food-deficit country”.
The GHI values of these countries ranged from 22.3 (Gambia) to 45.4 (Chad) in 2018. 11 out of 15
of these countries have serious hunger situation, 3 countries have an alarming situation, 1 country
has moderate hunger situation and index values for two countries are not available also Somalia
has no data for 2018 .
Table 4: Global Hunger Index Values of Low Income OIC Member Countries
Country 2000 2005 2010 2018
Somalia 62.5 59.3 54 —
Guinea 43.7 36.8 30.9 28.9
Yemen 43.2 41.7 34.5 39.7
Benin 37.5 33.5 28.1 24.3
Mali 44.2 38.7 27.5 27.8
Uganda 41.2 34.2 31.3 31.2
Burkina Faso 47.4 48.8 36.8 27.7
Chad 51.4 52 48.9 45.4
Afghanistan 52.3 43.2 35 34.3
Guinea-Bissau 42.4 40.3 31 29.1
7,4
47,7 48,2
55,1 55,2 55,9 57,9
61,9
66,8 67,3
72,5
78,1
83,8 85,7
90,5
0,0
10,0
20,0
30,0
40,0
50,0
60,0
70,0
80,0
90,0
100,0