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MPI: Headcount, percentage of population in multidimensional poverty (% of population)

Percentage of the population with a weighted deprivation score of at least 33 percent.

Source: Calculated based on data on household deprivations in education, health and living standards from various household surveys as listed in Column 1.

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 October 2012, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2012
.. Very high human development ..
.. High human development ..
.. Medium human development ..
.. Low human development ..
1 Norway ..
2 Australia ..
3 United States ..
4 Netherlands ..
5 Germany ..
6 New Zealand ..
7 Ireland ..
8 Sweden ..
9 Switzerland ..
10 Japan ..
11 Canada ..
12 Korea (Republic of) ..
13 Iceland ..
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
15 Denmark ..
16 Israel ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Singapore ..
18 Austria ..
20 France ..
21 Slovenia 0.0
21 Finland ..
23 Spain ..
24 Liechtenstein ..
25 Italy ..
26 United Kingdom ..
26 Luxembourg ..
28 Czech Republic 3.1
29 Greece ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Cyprus ..
32 Malta ..
33 Estonia 7.2
33 Andorra ..
35 Slovakia 0.0
36 Qatar ..
37 Hungary 4.6
38 Barbados ..
39 Poland ..
40 Chile ..
41 United Arab Emirates 0.6
41 Lithuania ..
43 Portugal ..
44 Latvia 1.6
45 Argentina 2.9
46 Seychelles ..
47 Croatia 4.4
48 Bahrain ..
49 Bahamas ..
50 Belarus 0.0
51 Uruguay 1.7
52 Montenegro 1.5
53 Palau ..
54 Kuwait ..
55 Russian Federation 1.3
56 Romania ..
57 Saudi Arabia ..
57 Bulgaria ..
59 Panama ..
59 Cuba ..
61 Mexico 4.0
62 Costa Rica ..
63 Grenada ..
64 Serbia 0.8
64 Malaysia ..
64 Libya ..
67 Trinidad and Tobago 5.6
67 Antigua and Barbuda ..
69 Kazakhstan 0.6
70 Albania 1.4
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
72 Lebanon ..
72 Georgia 0.8
72 Dominica ..
76 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
77 Peru 15.7
78 Ukraine 2.2
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1.9
80 Mauritius ..
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8
82 Azerbaijan 5.3
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
84 Oman ..
85 Jamaica ..
85 Brazil 2.7
87 Armenia 0.3
88 Saint Lucia ..
89 Ecuador 2.2
90 Turkey 6.6
91 Colombia 5.4
92 Sri Lanka 5.3
93 Algeria ..
94 Tunisia 2.8
95 Tonga ..
96 Samoa ..
96 Fiji ..
96 Dominican Republic 4.6
96 Belize 5.6
100 Jordan 2.4
101 China 12.5
102 Turkmenistan ..
103 Thailand 1.6
104 Maldives 5.2
105 Suriname 8.2
106 Gabon ..
107 El Salvador ..
108 Mongolia 15.8
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20.5
110 Palestine, State of 1.4
111 Paraguay 13.3
112 Egypt 6.0
113 Moldova (Republic of) 1.9
114 Uzbekistan 2.3
114 Philippines 13.4
116 Syrian Arab Republic 5.5
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
118 Guyana 7.7
119 Botswana ..
120 Honduras 32.5
121 South Africa 13.4
121 Kiribati ..
121 Indonesia 20.8
124 Vanuatu 30.1
125 Tajikistan 17.1
125 Kyrgyzstan 4.9
127 Viet Nam 4.2
128 Namibia 39.6
129 Nicaragua 28.0
130 Morocco 10.6
131 Iraq 14.2
132 Cape Verde ..
133 Guatemala 25.9
134 Timor-Leste 68.1
135 Ghana 31.2
136 India 53.7
136 Equatorial Guinea ..
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 47.2
138 Cambodia 45.9
140 Bhutan 27.2
141 Swaziland 20.4
142 Congo 40.6
143 Solomon Islands ..
144 Sao Tome and Principe 34.5
145 Kenya 47.8
146 Pakistan 49.4
146 Bangladesh 57.8
148 Angola ..
149 Myanmar ..
150 Cameroon 53.3
151 Madagascar 66.9
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) 65.6
153 Nigeria 54.1
154 Senegal 74.4
155 Mauritania 61.7
156 Papua New Guinea ..
157 Nepal 44.2
158 Lesotho 35.3
159 Togo 54.3
160 Yemen 52.5
161 Uganda 69.9
161 Haiti 56.4
163 Zambia 64.2
164 Djibouti 29.3
165 Gambia 60.4
166 Benin 71.8
167 Rwanda 69.0
168 Côte d'Ivoire 61.5
169 Comoros ..
170 Malawi 66.7
171 Sudan ..
172 Zimbabwe 39.1
173 Ethiopia 87.3
174 Liberia 83.9
175 Afghanistan ..
176 Guinea-Bissau ..
177 Sierra Leone 77.0
178 Guinea 82.5
178 Burundi 84.5
180 Central African Republic ..
181 Eritrea ..
182 Mali 86.6
183 Burkina Faso 84.0
184 Chad 62.9
185 Mozambique 79.3
186 Niger 92.4
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 74.0
.. South Sudan ..
.. Tuvalu ..
.. Somalia 81.2
.. San Marino ..
.. Nauru ..
.. Monaco ..
.. Marshall Islands ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..

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