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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (global MPI) is an annual international measure of acute multidimensional poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional monetary poverty measures by capturing the acute, overlapping deprivations in health, education, and living standards that people in poverty face. OPHI computes the global MPI in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme. 

Global MPI diagram

Global MPI diagram

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What is the global MPI?

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute multidimensional poverty. Here you can learn more about the underlying methods, data and deprivation indicators and other normative choices.

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What data do we offer?

We present, showcase, distribute and document the data of the global MPI in several ways. Here we explain the different products and provide a guide of where to find what.

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Global MPI Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions on the underlying methodology, related policies, the relation to income poverty, and limitations.

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Global MPI Releases

Global MPI 2025

According to the global MPI 2025, 1.1 billion people (18.3% of the population) are multidimensionally poor. The report Overlapping Hardships: Poverty and Climate Hazards explores the relationship of poverty and climate hazards.  

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Global MPI 2024

According to the global MPI 2024, 1.1 billion people (18.3% of the population) are multidimensionally poor. The report Poverty amid conflict examines some of the ways in which poverty and conflict intersect.  

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Global MPI 2023

According to the global MPI 2023, 1.1 billion people (just over 18% of the population) are multidimensionally poor. The report Unstacking global poverty: Data for high-impact action presents a compact update on the state of the world’s multidimensional poverty based on descriptive analysis.

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Related Publications

Measuring the Overlap between Climate Hazards and Multidimensional Poverty: A Global Sub-National Assessment

Sabina Alkire, Nabamallika Dehingia, Beatriz Jambrina-Canseco, Niall Maher and Ricardo Nogales
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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025: Country results and methodological note

Sabina Alkire, Rakesh Mishra, Lhachi Selden and Nicolai Suppa
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A methodological note on the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025: Changes over time results for 88 countries

Sabina Alkire, Rakesh Mishra, Lhachi Selden and Nicolai Suppa
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mpitb: A toolbox for multidimensional poverty indices

Nicolai Suppa
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Global MPI Reports

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 – Overlapping Hardships: Poverty and Climate Hazards

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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: Poverty amid conflict

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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023: Unstacking Global Poverty – Data for High-impact Action

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Documentation

Changes over Time in the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index

July 2020
Authors Sabina Alkire, Fanni Kovesdi, Corinne Mitchell, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio and Sophie Scharlin-Pettee
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Changes Over Time in the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Ten-Country Study

July 2019
Authors Sabina Alkire, Fanni Kovesdi, Corinne Mitchell, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio and Sophie Scharlin-Pettee
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2019

July 2019
Authors Sabina Alkire, Usha Kanagaratnam and Nicolai Suppa
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