Multidimensional Poverty in Africa (8 pages)

OPHI Briefings

Drawing on rich datasets from national household surveys (DHS and MICS), the 2016 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) covers 46 countries in Africa, which are home to just over 1 billion people. Of these, 54% of the population, 544 million people, are multidimensionally poor.

Citation: Alkire, S. Jindra, C., Robles, G. and Vaz, A. (2016). 'Multidimensional Poverty in Africa', OPHI Briefing 40, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.

See also OPHI Briefing 43, a French translation of this briefing.

Keywords:

multidimensional poverty, Africa, poverty measurement, Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI

Region:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Arab States

Country:

Tunisia

Libya

Egypt

South Africa

Morocco

Gabon

Kingdom of Eswatini

Djibouti

Zimbabwe

Ghana

Sao Tomé and Príncipe

Lesotho

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya

Namibia

Cameroon

Togo

Mauritania

Nigeria

Malawi

Zambia

Senegal

Sudan

Côte d’Ivoire

Gambia

Benin

United Republic of Tanzania

Madagascar

Rwanda

Mozambique

Uganda

Liberia

Congo

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Central African Republic

Mali

Burundi

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Burkina Faso

Chad

Ethiopia

Niger

South Sudan

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