Reports and Indices

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2026

October 18 , 2026 14 hrs 0 min 21 0

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford released the latest update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
Introduced in 2010, the MPI covers 108 countries and measures poverty using 10 indicators across health, education and standard of living.
India had over 238 million multidimensionally poor people in 2024, while nearly one-fifth of its population remained vulnerable to multidimensional poverty.
India’s multidimensional poverty incidence declined from 55.1% in 2005–06 to 16.4% in 2019–21; living standards contribute nearly 40% of its multidimensional poverty.
Globally, 1.2 billion people were multidimensionally poor in 2025; half were children and over four-fifths lived in rural areas.