415 mn Indians no longer poor, says UN
NEW DELHI : As many as 415 million Indians moved out of poverty in the 15-year period between 2005/2006 and 2019/2021, the UN said in a report on Tuesday. The latest update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. The report analysed trends from 2000 to 2022, focusing on 81 countries with comparable data over time.
It reveals that 25 countries successfully halved their global MPI values within 15 years. These countries include Cambodia, China, Congo, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Serbia, and Vietnam, the report said. “Countries halved their MPI in periods as short as four to 12 years, demonstrating the feasibility of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of halving poverty according to national definitions within 15 years," it added.
China lifted 69 million people out of poverty in 2010-14 and Indonesia 8 million in 2012-17. The report said that 1.1 billion of 6.1 billion people (about 18% of global population) still live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110 countries, with Sub-Saharan Africa (534 million) and South Asia (389 million) home to approximately five out of every six poor people. “Nearly two-thirds of all poor people (730 million people) live in middle-income countries, making action in these countries vital for reducing global poverty," the report said.
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