The Maldives MPI was developed by National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the UNICEF Regional Office South Asia (ROSA) and UNICEF Maldives with technical support from OPHI and launched in 2020. The MPI provides a tool to coordinate the efforts of multisectoral agencies working towards reducing inequality and poverty in the Strategic Action Plan 2019–2023, which is now being implemented in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Citation: National Bureau of Statistics (2020). National Multidimensional Poverty in Maldives 2020. Male'
• National Bureau of Statistics (2020). National Multidimensional Poverty in Maldives: Summary Report.
• Visit the Maldives National Bureau of Statistics webpage for all materials 

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 34% of the 8 weighted indicators.  

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Maldives based on DHS year 2016-2017. 

Official institution responsible for statistics  

• National Bureau of Statistics, Maldives

Additional materials  

• A Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for the Maldives in times of Covid-19 

Events  

• Webinar 13 April 2021 | Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) for preparedness, response and recovery to health emergencies, including COVID-19
• 24 September 2020 | Intervention by H.E. Mohamed Aslam, Minister of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, Maldives at UNGA 75 Side Event 

Press Releases/News  

• 8 June 2020 | Two SIDS launch national multidimensional poverty indices
• 4 June 2020 | Maldives introduces new measure for poverty