Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2023

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• Key Highlights
• Most important Highlights for India

About the report:

• The update is released by UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
  (OPHI) at the University of Oxford.

Key Highlights:

• 25 countries including India, successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years, showing that rapid progress is attainable.
• 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people (just more than 18%) live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110 countries.
  • Sub Saharan Africa (534 million) and South Asia (389 million) are home to approximately five out of every six poor people.
• Nearly 2/3rd of all poor people (730 million) lives in middle income countries, making actions in these countries vital for reducing poverty.

Most important Highlights for India.

• India lifted 415 million people out of poverty (MDPI) over the period 2005-06 to 2019-21.
  • Incidence of poverty fell from 55.1% in 2005/2006 to 16.4% in 2019/2021.
• The deprivation in all indicators declined in India and “the poorest states and groups, including children and people in disadvantaged caste groups, had the fastest absolute progress”.
  • Poor and deprived of cooking fuel fell from 52.9% to 13.9%.
  • Those deprived of sanitation fell from 50.4% in 2005/2006 to 11.3% in 2019/2021.