COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:
Human Development in OIC
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Figure 15: Multidimensional Poverty Rate in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
(%)
Source: UNDP,2015.
Note: Index values for Algeria, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Turkmenistan and Turkey are not calculated.
The contribution of deprivation in education to overall multidimensional poverty ranges
between 4.3 (Kazakhstan) and 50.1 (Iraq), and the contribution of deprivation in living
conditions ranges between 3.5 (Jordan) and 40.9 (Gabon), while the contribution of
deprivation in health is generally the highest which ranges between 37.2 (Suriname) and 83.9
(Kazakhstan).
State of Hunger
None of the upper-middle income countries are classified under low-income food-deficit
countries.18 Most of the countries in this group have low or moderate levels of hunger
.
Table 2: Global Hunger Index Values of Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Country 1990 1995 2000 2005 2015
Albania 21,4 19,1 21,1 17,1 13,2
Algeria 17,1 18,0 14,8 12,2 8,7
Azerbaijan − 28,3 27,2 16,7 10,0
Gabon 23,2 20,8 18,5 16,2 12,5
Iran 18,5 16,5 13,7 9,5 6,8
Iraq 17,4 24,3 24,9 23,6 22,2
Jordan 12,8 10,5 9,8 6,5 5,8
Kazakhstan − 15,4 10,7 12,3 8,0
Lebanon 12,1 9,4 9,0 10,4 6,4
Libya − − − − −
Malaysia 20,4 17,4 15,5 14,6 10,3
Suriname 18,5 16,5 16,5 13,1 10,4
Turkey 14,5 13,4 10,5 7,6 5,1
Turkmenistan − 24,5 22,2 17,5 12,9
Source: IFPRI ., 2015.
Note: Index value for Maldives is not calculated.
18 See Annex 5.
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