COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges
between 3.7 (Uzbekistan) and 54.7 (Syria) and the contribution of deprivation in living
conditions ranges between 3.5 (Jordan) and 48.9 (Sudan), while the contribution of deprivation
in health is the highest which ranges between 20.3 (Mauritania) and 83.4 (Uzbekistan).
State of Hunger
In lower-middle income group, more than half of the countries, namely Bangladesh, Cameroon,
Djibouti, Cote d’Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan,
Yemen, and Uzbekistan are in the position of “low income food-deficit country”.20 Looking at the
GHI values of the countries in this group, a similar picture is observed
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Table 3: Global Hunger Index Values of Lower-Middle Income OIC Member
Countries
Country 1990 1995 2000 2005 2016
Bangladesh 52,2 50,3 38,5 31,0 27,1
Cameroon 39,8 43,7 40,4 34,0 22,9
Côte d'Ivoire 33,8 32,1 31,4 32,7 25,7
Djibouti 56,1 56,1 48,5 46,1 32,7
Egypt 20,5 18,9 15,1 13,1 13,7
Indonesia 34,8 32,5 25,3 26,5 21,9
Jordan 12,8 10,5 9,8 6,5 5,7
Kyrgyz Republic − 24,1 20,2 14,3 9,1
Mauritania 40,0 36,6 33,5 29,6 22,1
Morocco 18,7 18,8 15,7 17,7 9,3
Nigeria 47,7 47,1 41,0 35,2 25,5
Pakistan 43,6 40,9 37,9 38,3 33,4
Tajikistan − 40,3 40,4 36,5 30
Uzbekistan − 23,7 21,9 18,5 13,1
Yemen, Rep. 44,4 44,4 42,9 42,1 35
Source: IFPRI , 2015.
Note: Index values for Palestine, Sudan and Syria are not calculated.
Low Income OIC Member Countries
Human Development Index
All the low income OIC counties are in the low human development (LHD) category. While the
highest HDI value is 0.497 and belongs to Comoros, with a position of 160 in the HDI ranking,
the lowest value is 0.352 and belongs to Niger, with a position of 187 .
20 See Annex 5.