New York, 17 October 2025 – Nearly 8 in 10 people living in multidimensional poverty – 887 million out of 1.1 billion globally – are directly exposed to climate hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, ...

This chart shows the number of people worldwide affected by these indicators of multidimensional poverty.

Malaysia’s MPI fell to 0.0025 in 2024, down from 0.0037 in 2022, showing reduced non-monetary poverty. Urban poverty remained very low, while rural areas improved but still recorded higher deprivation ...

17 October 2022 - A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating ...

Multidimensional poverty measurement has transformed our understanding of deprivation by moving beyond income-based metrics to capture the intersecting deficiencies in health, education, living ...

The Federal Government is adopting multidimensional index to tackle poverty, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday. He said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been mobilised as tool for ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is being considered to provide a more comprehensive measure of poverty that goes beyond income levels, says Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir. The Economy ...

Multidimensional energy poverty refers to the simultaneous deprivation of households’ access to modern energy services across several domains, including electricity supply, clean cooking fuels, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS) has released a report titled “ELIMINATING POVERTY -- The importance of a Multidimensional Approach in Tackling SDG1”. A new study of ...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) declined from 0.0037 in 2022 to 0.0025 in 2024, signalling continued improvement in overall multidimensional ...