Global MPI 2010

OPHI has developed a new international measure of poverty – the Multidimensional Poverty Index or MPI – for the 20th Anniversary edition of the United Nations Development Programme’s flagship Human Development Report

The new innovative index goes beyond a traditional focus on income to reflect the multiple deprivations that a poor person faces with respect to education, health and living standards. This brief summarises the new method and key findings and shows how the MPI can be used. 

OPHI analysed data from 104 countries with a combined population of 5.2 billion (78 per cent of the world total) using the MPI. The results should be considered the first analysis of multidimensional poverty rather than a comprehensive ranking. The 2010 MPI was created to reflect poverty in less developed countries.

Our briefings

Our data

The global MPI results are presented in the following Data Table (published in July 2010). 

Data Table Main MPI Results 2010
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Our Country Briefings

The global MPI Country Briefings present the country-specific results for the countries in this year’s global MPI.

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