UNDP-Oxford update finds progress is possible: 33 countries have at least halved multidimensional poverty in fewer than 15 years.

The latest data on multidimensional poverty highlights the African countries with the largest numbers of people facing ...

The number of people living in multidimensional poverty worldwide has risen by 51.5 million to 1.2 billion, marking the first ...

Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, or air pollution.

UNDP's 2026 poverty index puts Pakistan's poverty incidence at 38.3%, against 16.4% in India and 14.9% in Bangladesh; 21.5% ...

The 1.2 billion figure represents 51.5 million more people than in the 2025 update. Out of this number, more than half are ...

Morocco has more than halved its multidimensional poverty rate in less than 15 years, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human ...

The 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index finds that 1.2 billion people live in acute poverty, including 617 million ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has risen ...

Nigeria recorded the world’s highest increase in multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, with 17.9 million additional ...

NEW YORK, 13th October, 2026 (WAM) -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported in its 2026 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) that the number of people living in ...