Dataset · OPHI
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
8 editions, 2018–2025 · 109 countries · 3 measures
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index counts poverty as overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards rather than as a shortfall of income. Oxford’s OPHI computes it as the share of people who are poor multiplied by how intensely they are deprived — both stored here beside it.
This site holds every edition from 2018 to 2025, read from OPHI’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index · the file
- Newest
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2025 compilation
- Held
- 8 editions · 864 rows
- Licence
- Public domain or CC0
018 editions
Every edition
Newest first. Each opens the full table for that edition, and each downloads as a CSV.
| Edition | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2025 compilationNewest | 109 | +3 −6 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2024 compilation | 112 | +2 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2023 compilation | 110 | +2 −3 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2022 compilation | 111 | +3 −1 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2021 compilation | 109 | +2 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2020 compilation | 107 | +7 −1 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2019 compilation | 101 | −4 | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
| Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2018 compilation | 105 | — | September 6, 2026 | CSV |
Every edition in one file, one row per country per edition: global-mpi-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
026 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
MPI (0–1)is built fromPopulation in poverty (%)Intensity of deprivation (%)
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2025 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 109 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 109 | 0 | |
MPI (0–1)mpiHeadline | The headline figure: MPI (0–1). | Number · up to 16 decimals | 0.00043 | 109 | 0 | |
Population in poverty (%)headcount_ratioPart of the headline | Share of people who are multidimensionally poor, deprived in at least a third of the weighted health, education and living-standard indicators, in %. | Number · up to 17 decimals | 0.114 | 109 | 0 | |
Intensity of deprivation (%)intensityPart of the headline | Average share of the weighted indicators in which poor people are deprived, in %: how deep their poverty runs. | Number · up to 15 decimals | 33.986 | 109 | 0 | |
Survey yearsurvey_yearReading year | The year this country’s reading describes. Readings from different years sit side by side. | Year | — | 22 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.
03119 countries across every edition
Who is covered
How many countries each edition holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 48 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 47 |
| Americas | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 |
| Asia | 29 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Europe | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Oceania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| All | 105 | 101 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 110 | 112 | 109 |
Who joined and who left
- 2025 compilation
+ Azerbaijan
+ Nauru
+ Vanuatu
− Bosnia and Herzegovina
− Barbados
− Saint Lucia
− Moldova
− Nicaragua
− Ukraine
- 2024 compilation
+ Burkina Faso
+ Bhutan
- 2023 compilation
+ Fiji
+ Uzbekistan
− Burkina Faso
− Bhutan
− South Sudan
- 2022 compilation
+ Argentina
+ Tuvalu
+ Samoa
− Syria
- 2021 compilation
+ Costa Rica
+ Tonga
- 2020 compilation
+ Botswana
+ Cuba
+ Georgia
+ Kiribati
+ Sri Lanka
+ Papua New Guinea
+ Seychelles
− Vanuatu
- 2019 compilation
− Azerbaijan
− Djibouti
− Somalia
− Uzbekistan
Not in this dataset · 106 places this site covers
OPHI gives no figure for these in any edition held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
2 · Their file
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025
3 · Read by this site
September 6, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
8 files, one per edition
Each downloads as a CSV, or every edition together as global-mpi-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 16 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
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.
From OPHI’s published Global MPI tables, survey year included as its own column because many are two-year fieldwork periods.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 5, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.
In plain words
OPHI publishes the national results for reuse with a citation, and no licence restricts commercial use or adaptation.
A credit line
Source: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2018–2025 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/global-mpi
The publisher’s own citation: Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index. Oxford: University of Oxford.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Questions
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: questions and answers
What is the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index?
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index counts poverty as overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards rather than as a shortfall of income. Oxford’s OPHI computes it as the share of people who are poor multiplied by how intensely they are deprived — both stored here beside it.
Which editions of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index can I download?
All 8, from 2018 to 2025, each as a CSV file, or every edition together in one CSV.
Does OPHI rank countries on it?
No. OPHI publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under Public domain, with credit to OPHI. The licence text is linked on this page.