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Economy > Poverty and inequality Stats: compare key data on Somalia & South Africa

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  • Causes of poverty > Education: Percentage education counts for in the country's total Multidimensional Poverty Index (UN). For instance, education is only 31% of Senegal's poverty issues, while the remaining 69% is for living standards and health. Cross country comparisons based off these numbers aren't an accurate telling of how poor education is between countries, but rather how much of an issue poor education is in each country.
  • Causes of poverty > Health: Percentage health counts for in the country's total Multidimensional Poverty Index (UN). For instance, health is 40% of Senegal's poverty issues, while the remaining 60% is for living standards and education. Cross country comparisons based off these numbers aren't an accurate telling of how bad health issues are between countries, but rather how much of an issue health concerns are in each country.
  • Causes of poverty > Living Standards: Percentage living standards count for in the country's total Multidimensional Poverty Index (UN). For instance, poor living standards are only 27% of Senegal's poverty issues, while the remaining 73% is for health and education. Cross country comparisons based off these numbers aren't an accurate telling of how poor living standards are between countries, but rather how much of an issue poor living standards are in each country.
  • Multidimensional poverty index: Multidimensional Poverty Index.
  • Population in multidimensional poverty > Proportion: Multidimensional Poverty Index.
  • Population in severe poverty: Multidimensional Poverty Index.
  • Population vulnerable to poverty > Proportion: Multidimensional Poverty Index.
STAT Somalia South Africa
Causes of poverty > Education 34.2%
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than South Africa
7.5%
Ranked 12th.
Causes of poverty > Health 18.6%
Ranked 29th.
50.5%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Somalia
Causes of poverty > Living Standards 47.2%
Ranked 4th. 12% more than South Africa
42%
Ranked 8th.
Multidimensional poverty index 0.514
Ranked 3rd. 9 times more than South Africa
0.057
Ranked 10th.
Population in multidimensional poverty > Proportion 81.2%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than South Africa
13.4%
Ranked 9th.
Population in severe poverty 65.6%
Ranked 3rd. 27 times more than South Africa
2.4%
Ranked 10th.
Population vulnerable to poverty > Proportion 9.5%
Ranked 16th.
22.2%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Somalia

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