Understanding Poverty in Africa
OPHI Briefings
This briefing synthesises information from the 2020 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) with a focus on Africa. It provides multidimensional poverty data for 48 African countries, covering 1.25 billion people living on the continent using household surveys fielded between 2010 and 2019. In addition, the 2020 global MPI also includes trend data for 37 African countries enabling a focus on how poverty is changing on the African continent.
OPHI Briefing 56 is also available in French.
Citation: Jennings, R. and Oldiges, C. (2020). 'Understanding Poverty in Africa', OPHI Briefing 56. Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.
Keywords:
Multidimensional Poverty Index, Africa, global MPI, poverty measurement
Region:
Arab States
Sub-Saharan Africa
Global
Country:
Tunisia
Seychelles
Libya
Algeria
Egypt
South Africa
Gabon
Botswana
Morocco
Kingdom of Eswatini
Lesotho
Sao Tomé and Príncipe
Congo
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Comoros
Togo
Namibia
Kenya
Gambia
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire
Nigeria
Zambia
Mauritania
Angola
Sudan
Malawi
Senegal
Rwanda
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Guinea
Benin
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Madagascar
Mozambique
Burundi
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Chad
Niger
South Sudan
Authors
Ross Jennings and Christian Oldiges
Series Name
OPHI Briefings
Publication date
2020
Publication Number
B 56
Copyright
OPHI CC BY-NC-ND