Guatemala

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1. National MPI
2. Global MPI 2021 – Country Briefing
3. Joined MPPN: 2016
4. National Voluntary Review
5. Dimensions Magazine Articles

National MPI

Multidimensionally Poor (based on National MPI): 61.6% (2014)
Launch date of national MPI: November 2019
Institution responsible for national MPI: Ministry of Social Development
Dimensions of national MPI: Health, and food and nutritional security; Education; Decent employment; Access to services; and Housing.
National MPI website: http://www.mides.gob.gt/webtwo/ipm/ (in Spanish)

The Multidimensional Poverty Index of Guatemala (MPI-GT) is the result of a process of consultations and discussions with different governmental and non-governmental actors that took place from June 2017 to September 2018.

The MPI-GT is composed of five dimensions:Health and food and nutritional security; Education; Decent employment; Access to services; and Housing and is composed by 17 indicators. For the calculation of the MPI-GT, the 2014 Living Conditions Survey (Encovi) was used.

The results reveal that in Guatemala 61.6 percent of the people (95% CI 58.6-64.7) live in multidimensional poverty, that is, six out of 10 Guatemalans face deprivation in 30 percent or more of the weighted indicators included in the MPI-GT.

For more information visit Guatemala MPI website (in Spanish).

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National Voluntary Review

Guatemala uses the Global MPI as measure of poverty to track SDG indicator 1.2.2 as a provisional basis. Full Report Here.

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