COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:
Human Development in OIC
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1.2.2. Non-Monetary Poverty
COMCEC in General
Human Development Index
When the OIC Member Countries are examined in terms of Human Development Index (HDI)
values, a heterogeneous composition is observed . The HDI values for the OIC
member countries range from 0.856 (Brunei Darussalam) to 0.348 (Niger). While 6 OIC
Member Countries are in the very high human development category, 14 are in the high, 13 are
in the medium and 23 are in the low human development category. Somalia has not an HDI
value.
Figure 11: Distribution of OIC Member States in Different Human Development Categories
Source: UNDP (2015).
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Looking at the group of countries for which MPI is calculated, it is observed that 79 percent of
the OIC member countries are included in this group. Among the OIC member countries which
have MPI values, 22 percent is upper-middle, 42 percent is lower-middle and 36 percent is low
income countries . The population living in multidimensional poverty changes a lot
among the OIC member countries. While in Kazakhstan this rate is only 1 percent, in Niger it
reaches to almost 90 percent. Totally, more than one-fourth of total the population in the OIC
member countries live under multidimensional poverty. 15
15 Calculated by using the data from the UNDP, 2015 and the World Bank 2015a.
Low HD; 41%
Medium HD; 23%
High HD; 25%
Very high HD;
11%