According to Global MPI Reports, India’s poverty rate is 21.9%. Equatorial Guinea tops the list with a poverty rate of 76.80%, while Guatemala and Eswatini complete the top ten with poverty rates of 59.30% and 58.90% respectively.
Top ten poorest countries
Saradhi Shankar
According to the study conducted by World Population Reviews Afghanistan is the poorest country which tops in the list of poorest countries in GDP per capita in US ($).
India’s performance in Sustainable Development Goal 1- ‘No poverty’
Anupama VM
India is on track in maintaining Sustainable Development Goal achievement in case of the first goal, “No poverty,” according to the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) of India. The SDG score for the goal has been improving over the years. However, significant challenges remain for the country.
India Achieves Remarkable Progress in Combating Multidimensional Poverty: 2023 MPI Report
Arya S Biju
The 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report highlights India’s progress across all the Multidimensional Poverty Index categories. Over the span of 15 years, there has been a significant reduction in the number of individuals experiencing multidimensional poverty and deprivation in each indicator.
India’s low rank in the Global Hunger Index
Akankhya Rout
According to the Global Hunger Index, India at a serious hunger level, India stands at 111th position out of 125th. Lower than Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. India’s ranking is based on a Global hunger Index score of 28.7 on a 100 point scale.
Gender and poverty
Prajwal Jayaraj
According to data from 2022 from UNWomen.org, 383 million women and girls will live in extreme poverty compared to 368 million men and boys by 2023. More than 8 in 10 cases of gender disparity in poverty is from Sub-Saharan Africa (62.8 per cent) and Central Asia and Southern Asia (21.4 per cent). 938 million women and girls live on less than $3.20 a day and 1.7 billion on less than $5.50 a day. With the regions of Sub Saharan Africa, Northern Africa and Western Asia having their female poverty rates projected to increase. And the regions of Central, Eastern and Southern Asia projected to decrease.
Committee report
Sumanta Sinha
Various committees have estimated different rates of maximum amount of wages earning per day per capita. The data also adjusted with the calories that people consumes on per day basis.
The top ten multidimensionally poor states in India
Lovely Tyagi
Multidimensional poverty uses multiple dimensions of poverty like monetary poverty, education and living standards and health. Reducing Multidimensional poverty by at least by 2030 half is a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 1.2). The government of India has been running various social welfare and poverty alleviation programs like Public Distribution System, National Livelihoods Mission, Anaemia Mukt Bharat, among others.
NFHS comparison report
Avantika Khajuria
Acknowledging the endeavours made by the States and Union Territories in diminishing the percentage of individuals experiencing multidimensional poverty within the nation is of utmost importance. The NFHS report highlights the advancements made by each State and Union Territory during the intervals of 2015-16 and 2019-21
Poverty in Karnataka
Vishisht Dwivedi
The image shows Comparison of poverty in different districts of Karnataka from 2014- 2020. Yadgir remains the district with highest poverty and Bangalore urban remains with least amount of poverty.
