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Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation

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Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation covers 158 countries on 7 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 87.95612; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 3.02460. 17 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Multidimensional Poverty Measure · Latest available · compiled 2025

HighestDR Congo

87.95612

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1DR CongoCODMiddle Africa · 2020 reading87.9561285.317718.9923910.156468.936981.69945.293consumption2020
2South SudanSSDEastern Africa · 2016 reading87.4811776.502739.3268762.1999—88.11913.889consumption2016
3MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa · 2022 reading84.9676481.361151.062977.786164.176877.17838.744consumption2022
4BurundiBDIEastern Africa · 2020 reading84.2106274.199244.1498934.211690.568591.00712.021consumption2020
5MalawiMWIEastern Africa · 2019 reading80.5908375.438252.274853.686411.079663.54914.112consumption2019
6MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2021 reading79.1345569.172644.9114622.573760.782980.56558.538consumption2021
7NigerNERWestern Africa · 2021 reading78.6303360.489967.1012643.778974.319583.42833.685consumption2021
8ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2018 reading75.8224541.861562.9308534.913589.976286.95134.816consumption2018
9Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia · 2009 reading, too old to compare75.3658052.210313.206629.003682.109879.77757.413consumption2009
10ZambiaZMBEastern Africa · 2022 reading72.7319571.65009.7445023.398445.135253.50526.849consumption2022
11UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2019 reading67.4280559.784431.3212311.760869.723371.14823.654consumption2019
12EthiopiaETHEastern Africa · 2021 reading65.5243138.636126.0587238.065469.991885.56641.251consumption2021
13Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2021 reading60.0074642.061647.3635551.009135.258258.73317.328consumption2021
14LiberiaLBRWestern Africa · 2016 reading59.2475933.558930.5113354.078879.682761.78025.697consumption2016
15TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa · 2018 reading58.9369751.340613.2324819.463444.303663.66729.244consumption2018
16Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2018 reading57.8173341.464510.0188618.650968.726784.44333.796consumption2018
17MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2021 reading56.0848236.103162.1965145.792516.313748.35818.946consumption2021
18HaitiHTICaribbean · 2012 reading, too old to compare53.2252740.415023.129239.000064.311568.79533.499consumption2012
19Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia · 2012 reading, too old to compare52.1839340.30157.5528813.537553.833765.96934.890consumption2012
20Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia · 2014 reading, too old to compare51.8235144.032722.1851018.365228.226439.57122.097consumption2014
21AngolaAGOMiddle Africa · 2018 reading51.5126539.294729.6748827.443152.639553.63832.107consumption2018
22BeninBENWestern Africa · 2021 reading51.0991227.223448.6872431.730734.818376.65024.109consumption2021
23ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2019 reading50.7534049.21990.927015.984237.994847.59819.408consumption2019
24SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2014 reading, too old to compare48.4275310.100025.9554022.718548.531192.87644.902consumption2014
25Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2021 reading48.3248839.861118.9569331.059827.586860.36320.897consumption2021

02In Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. 1DR Congo87.95612
  2. 2South Sudan87.48117
  3. 3Mozambique84.96764
  4. 4Burundi84.21062
  5. 5Malawi80.59083

Lowest

  1. 157Sloveniashared0.00000
  2. 157Maldivesshared0.00000
  3. 156Czechia0.00635
  4. 155Romania0.01286
  5. 154Poland0.01439

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.02460. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Deprived: below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)

    HighestDR Congo85.3177

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 2.1010

  • Deprived: educational attainment (%)

    HighestNiger67.10126

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 3.19616

  • Deprived: educational enrollment (%)

    HighestSouth Sudan62.1999

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 3.7190

  • Deprived: electricity (%)

    HighestBurundi90.5685

    Lowest44 share it

    Middle country: 0.5544

  • Deprived: sanitation (%)

    HighestBurundi91.007

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 12.414

  • Deprived: drinking water (%)

    HighestSão Tomé and Príncipe88.258

    Lowest24 share it

    Middle country: 4.281

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2025, from 2009 to 2025. 17 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 157 distinct values among 158

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • 78 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

04The files

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Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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World Bank Group (2025). Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/multidimensional-poverty-measure/2025

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06Questions

Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest multidimensional poverty (World Bank) in Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation?

DR Congo, at 87.95612, of the 158 countries in the file.

How many countries does Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation cover?

158.

Where can I download Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Multidimensional Poverty Measure, 2025 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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