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1Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems2Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitches3Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsYes—by absolute number in the 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India ranked first, with 234 million people classified as multidimensionally poor. That is not a ranking by poverty rate or by income poverty. The figure is rounded, and the latest India profile uses household survey data from 2019/2021 to estimate a 2023 population count.
What the 2024 UN report says
The 2024 Global MPI, produced jointly by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), ranks countries by the absolute number of people classified as multidimensionally poor in the populations covered by its estimates. Its country ranking puts India first at 234 million.
The five countries with the largest counts in that release were:
| Rank | Country | People classified as multidimensionally poor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 234 million |
| 2 | Pakistan | 93 million |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 86 million |
| 4 | Nigeria | 74 million |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 66 million |
The five together account for 48.1 percent of the 1.1 billion people the 2024 report identifies as multidimensionally poor. Across 112 countries, that global total covers 6.3 billion people. These are figures from the 2024 release, not a current count from new surveys in every country. See the UNDP’s 2024 Global MPI summary and the official report PDF.
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What India’s latest published MPI estimate means
A later India profile in the 2025 Global MPI gives a more precise estimate: 235.740 million people, or 16.4 percent of India’s population, in 2023. The profile says the most recent publicly available survey data used for India are from 2019/2021. The 2024 report’s 234 million is rounded; the 2025 profile’s 235.740 million is a later population-year estimate based on that same latest stated survey vintage, not evidence of a measured rise in poverty between two recent Indian surveys.
The 2025 global release updates estimates for 13 countries, and India is not among them. The India profile therefore updates the population-year estimate without incorporating a newer Indian household survey. Its 2023 count should not be described as people counted in a survey conducted in 2023. The 2025 India briefing note sets out the estimate and data vintage.
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Multidimensional poverty is not the same as income poverty
The Global MPI measures overlapping deprivations in three dimensions: health, education and standard of living. It uses 10 indicators across those dimensions. A household, and its members, is classified as multidimensionally poor when its weighted deprivation score reaches at least one-third. The MPI also reflects both the share of people classified as poor (incidence) and the average extent of their weighted deprivations (intensity).
That makes the MPI a complement to monetary poverty measures, not another name for them. It is not interchangeable with the international poverty line or with a country’s national income-poverty threshold. A person can face serious deprivations in health, education or living standards even if an income measure does not classify that person as poor. Conversely, the MPI alone does not describe every aspect of poverty or household finances. UNDP’s MPI 2024 FAQs explain the measure and its methodology.
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Why the largest count does not mean the highest poverty rate
An absolute count answers “How many people?” A poverty rate answers “What share of the population?” They are different comparisons. A country with a very large population can have a high total number of people classified as poor without having the highest proportion classified as poor. India’s first-place position in the 2024 MPI ranking is about the count, not the rate.
Keep a second distinction in view: multidimensional deprivation is not monetary poverty. The headline describes a specific measure and report, not a universal ranking of every way poverty can be defined.
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What the 2024 report says about poverty worldwide
The India ranking sits within a wider 2024 global estimate: 1.1 billion people in 112 countries were living in acute multidimensional poverty among the 6.3 billion people covered. The report also says 584 million children under 18 were multidimensionally poor—more than half of the global total.
It identifies 455 million poor people in countries exposed to violent conflict. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said in the October 17, 2024 release: “Our new research shows that of the 1.1 billion people living in multidimensional poverty, almost half a billion live in countries exposed to violent conflict. We must accelerate action to support them.” The report cautions that missing survey data in conflict-affected countries may mean poverty there is underestimated. Read the UNDP release for the global figures and statement.
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