The Uzbekistan Pilot Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024, launched on 23 February 2024, was calculated by CERR (the Center for Economic Research and Reforms under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan), in collaboration with UNDP Uzbekistan, and OPHI. The pilot national MPI is the result of a collaborative effort between UNDP, OPHI, and CERR. 

• Citation: CERR and UNDP Country Office in Uzbekistan (2023). Uzbekistan Pilot Multidimensional Poverty Index Report 2023: Poverty and Deprivation Analysis Using the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Uzbekistan.

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 34% or more of the 13 weighted indicators grouped into three dimensions of Basic infrastructure and living conditions, Health and social capital and Employment and financial inclusion.

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 Uzbekistan based on MICS year 2021-2022.

Official institution responsible for statistics

• The Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Events

• 20 September 2023 | Intervention by Dr Obid Khakimov, Deputy Advisor to the President, at UNGA 78 Side Event. As part of his speech, Dr. Khakimov discussed Uzbekistan’s plans to use MPI to track progress on SDG Indicator 1.2.2 and monitor the goals outlined in the country’s national development plan.
• 29 September 2023 | Strengthening capacity for reducing inequalities in Uzbekistan: A Multidimensional Poverty Measurement Workshop
• 23 February 2024 | Poverty roundtable: pilot MPI report presentation 2024 photos
• 27-29 August 2024 | 9th Annual High-Level Meeting of the MPPN 

Press Releases/News

• 23 February 2024 | International experts discussed Uzbekistan's progress in the fight against poverty
• 15 August 2024 | Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network Meeting in Tashkent and Samarkand for Global Dialogue
• 29 August 2024 | MPPN meets in Uzbekistan to 'work together on solutions that can change the lives of millions of people'

Voluntary National Review

• The Voluntary National Review of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2023) mentioned the implementation of the SDGs in Uzbekistan as part of the “Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan for 2022-2026 with the goal of “halving poverty, increasing coverage of preschool education and higher education to 80% and 50% respectively” by 2026.