Problems facing poor people worldwide 2021

The most common type of poverty facing the world's 1.1 billion poor is a lack of access to clean cooking fuel. As of 2020-2022, 990 million were forced to cook with solid fuels such as wood and coal. The second most common type of poverty was a lack of access to proper housing, a problem that faced over 880 million poor people. On the other hand, child mortality was the problem that faced the lowest number of poor people.

Number of the multidimensionally poor people affected by selected dimensions of poverty in 2021 (in millions)

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019 - 2021*

Number of respondents

111 countries

Supplementary notes

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) examines poverty in the world across several different dimensions. Data is collected through household surveys in 110 developing countries worldwide representing 6.1 billion people.

* Most countries conducted their surveys prior to 2020, meaning that the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have not been covered.

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