UNDP puts Pakistan multidimensional poverty at 38.3% on 2017-18 data

The Monday index, drawn from Pakistan's 2017/18 survey, also finds 12.9% of people are vulnerable to falling into acute deprivation.

The UNDP said 38.3% of Pakistan's population is multidimensionally poor, compared with 16.4% in India and 14.9% in Bangladesh.

Among Pakistanis in that group, the intensity of deprivation is 51.7%, and a further 12.9% of the population is vulnerable.

Household surveys behind the Pakistan, India and Bangladesh figures were conducted in different years.

Globally, multidimensional poverty rose for the first time in 15 years, to 1.2 billion people, 51.5 million more than the previous update.

Children are 617 million of the global total, and 83% of people in multidimensional poverty worldwide live in rural areas.

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