Published on: 2026-10-12
Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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The global level of multidimensional poverty has risen for the first time since the study of this social phenomenon began in 2010. This is stated in the update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index for 2026, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Over the past year, the number of people living in conditions of acute multidimensional poverty has increased by 51.5 million.
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