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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2026: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time

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This Database provides estimates of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) an international measure of acute poverty. More specifically, it contains harmonised level estimates and their changes over time of the global MPI and related sub-indices, which have been estimated for the 2026 release. For this Database, all deprivation indicators have been harmonised over time. The Database covers estimates for 89 countries and 907 subnational regions. Thirty-eight of the 89 countries have data for one period spanning two points in time, while poverty trends in 33 countries are based on three points in time. Thirteen countries (Benin, Bolivia, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Eswatini, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mali, the Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Zambia) have results spanning four time points. Three countries (Ghana, Nepal and Nigeria) provide trends across five time periods, while Mexico and Peru have trends for seven time periods. The estimates are based on 256 individual survey datasets, mostly the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). The Database is organised into two results files, one for level estimates and one for change estimates. Both results files are provided in Stata format (dta) and comma-separated values (csv). This repository also contains the computer script files to extract and clean the micro data for replication purposes (i.e. the Stata do-files).

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
International Development
Role:
Contributor

Publisher:
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
Publication date:
2026
Digital storage location:
https://ophi.org.uk/global-mpi/2026#paragraph--5014

Language:
English
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Pubs id:
2494452
Local pid:
pubs:2494452
Deposit date:
2026-11-08
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