Rwanda’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was published in December 2018. It is based on the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV) data 2016/17.

• Citation: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), The Rwanda Multidimensional Poverty Index Report, December 2018

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 40% or more of the 14 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 Rwanda based on DHS year 2019-2020.  

Official institution responsible for statistics  

• National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) 

VNRs   

• 2019 Rwanda Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report