World Bank · Poverty
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children
The percentage of children who are multidimensionally poor
- Coverage
- 52 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2020
- Series
- 52
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children
- Interva ID
- worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children
Recency
aging
data to 2020; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
50%Latest observation is 2020; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 5 year(s) behind (aging).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%9 of 52 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 52 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 11 observations; the earliest begins in 2010.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children for each of the 52 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2016–2020
- Albania 2017–2019
- Angola 2015–2015
- Armenia 2018–2020
- Austria 2010–2020
- Belgium 2010–2020
- Bhutan 2010–2017
- Bulgaria 2010–2020
- Chile 2011–2017
- Costa Rica 2010–2019
- Croatia 2010–2020
- Cyprus 2010–2020
- Czechia 2010–2020
- Denmark 2010–2020
- Dominican Republic 2010–2019
- El Salvador 2014–2019
- Estonia 2010–2020
- Finland 2010–2020
- France 2010–2020
- Germany 2010–2020
- Greece 2010–2020
- Guatemala 2014–2014
- Hungary 2010–2020
- Iceland 2010–2018
- Ireland 2010–2020
- Italy 2010–2019
- Kosovo 2018–2018
- Latvia 2010–2020
- Lithuania 2010–2020
- Luxembourg 2010–2020
- Maldives 2016–2016
- Mali 2016–2016
- Malta 2010–2020
- Mexico 2010–2020
- Montenegro 2013–2020
- Morocco 2011–2014
- Namibia 2015–2015
- Nepal 2014–2019
- Netherlands 2010–2020
- North Macedonia 2011–2018
- Norway 2010–2020
- Panama 2018–2018
- Poland 2010–2020
- Romania 2010–2020
- Serbia 2013–2020
- Slovakia 2010–2020
- Slovenia 2010–2020
- Spain 2010–2020
- Sri Lanka 2016–2019
- Sweden 2010–2020
- Thailand 2015–2015
- Türkiye 2010–2020
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2020 | 53.80 | percent |
| Armenia | 2020 | 20 | percent |
| Austria | 2020 | 22.90 | percent |
| Belgium | 2020 | 19.90 | percent |
| Bulgaria | 2020 | 32.80 | percent |
| Croatia | 2020 | 19.70 | percent |
| Cyprus | 2020 | 23.40 | percent |
| Czechia | 2020 | 13 | percent |
| Denmark | 2020 | 12.70 | percent |
| Estonia | 2020 | 17.80 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
Sustainable Development Goals
declared by worldbank in source
Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children,
title = {Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-multidimensional-poverty-headcount-ratio-children; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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