DPRK Human Development and Multidimensional Poverty Indicators, 2019

Human development indicators for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, compiled by the UNDP Human Development Reports Office. The data includes the Human Development Index (HDI) and the 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), focusing on health, education, and living standards. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-04.

Use Cases

• Assessing national development progress based on the HDI's dimensions of health, knowledge, and standard of living.
• Analyzing multidimensional poverty based on the 2019 MPI data covering 101 countries.
• Comparing human development outcomes between countries with similar economic levels.
• Monitoring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 1 (ending poverty) using the MPI framework.

Strengths

• Data adheres to high standards of quality, consistency, and international comparability as stated by the HDRO.
• The 2019 MPI offers data for 101 countries, covering 76 percent of the global population.
• Published under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, allowing for reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact temporal coverage for the HDI data.

Provenance

Source

UNDP Human Development Reports Office (HDRO)

Collection Method

Compiled for the Human Development Report and the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index.

Time Range

Includes 2019 data for the MPI; HDI time range is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 03:36:56.690215; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea, with comparative MPI data for 101 countries.