DRC Human Development Indicators and 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index

Human development and multidimensional poverty indicators for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, produced by the UNDP Human Development Reports Office. The data covers dimensions of health, education, and standard of living, including subnational poverty metrics from the 2019 Global MPI report.

Use Cases

• Assessing regional poverty levels using Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) scores
• Comparing health outcomes against economic performance using life expectancy and GNI per capita
• Analyzing educational progress through normalized knowledge indices

Strengths

• Adheres to the Principles governing international statistical activities for data quality and transparency
• Provides subnational granularity for poverty analysis
• Utilizes the geometric mean of normalized indices for dimensional consistency

Limitations

• The source metadata does not specify the exact number of rows or column headers
• MPI data is specifically tied to the 2019 reporting cycle

Provenance

Source

UNDP Human Development Reports Office (HDRO)

Collection Method

statistical aggregation of national and subnational indicators

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, though the primary MPI data is from the 2019 Global Report.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo