Poverty and living standards in Al-Muthanna, Iraq: official figures
43.6% of people in Al-Muthanna lived below the national poverty line in 2024, the highest of 18 governorates and against 17.5% for Iraq.
Has poverty in Al-Muthanna risen or fallen?
The income poverty rate in Al-Muthanna was 48.8% in 2007, 52.5% in 2012, 52.1% in 2018 and 43.6% in 2024, down 8.5 percentage points since 2018 (Iraq: 20.1% to 17.5%).
Source: Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · saved copyHow many people in Al-Muthanna are multidimensionally poor?
62.4% of people in Al-Muthanna were multidimensionally poor in 2024, deprived in at least a fifth of the weighted indicators covering education, health, living standards, employment and shocks. That is the highest of 18 governorates; the Iraq figure was 36.8%.
Source: Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · saved copyWhat is the multidimensional poverty index of Al-Muthanna?
Al-Muthanna's Multidimensional Poverty Index value was 0.194 in 2024 (the highest of 18 governorates), against 0.108 for Iraq. On average poor people there were deprived in 31.0% of the weighted indicators.
Source: Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · saved copyHow common is early marriage in Al-Muthanna?
30.2% of people in Al-Muthanna were deprived on early marriage in 2024, an indicator in Iraq's multidimensional poverty index, against 25.7% across Iraq (4th highest of 18 governorates).
Source: Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) · saved copyHow Al-Muthanna compares with other governorates
Income poverty rate (2024) (2024)
Al-Muthanna ranks 1 of 18, highest first. Share of people living below the national poverty line, Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey 2023-24
| Rank | Region | Income poverty rate (2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Muthanna | 43.6% |
| 2 | Babil | 34.4% |
| 3 | Al-Qadisiyah | 28.9% |
| 4 | Basra | 27.9% |
| 5 | Najaf | 25.2% |
| 6 | Anbar | 20.9% |
| 7 | Karbala | 19.9% |
People living in multidimensional poverty (2024) (2024)
Al-Muthanna ranks 1 of 18, highest first. Share of people deprived in at least 20% of the weighted indicators (education, health, living standards, employment, shocks)
| Rank | Region | People living in multidimensional poverty (2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Muthanna | 62.4% |
| 2 | Salah al-Din | 53.3% |
| 3 | Maysan | 51.9% |
| 4 | Al-Qadisiyah | 46.0% |
| 5 | Babil | 44.5% |
| 6 | Duhok | 42.0% |
| 7 | Nineveh | 40.7% |
Multidimensional Poverty Index value (2024) (2024)
Al-Muthanna ranks 1 of 18, highest first. Incidence multiplied by intensity; 0 is no poverty, 1 is everyone deprived in everything
| Rank | Region | Multidimensional Poverty Index value (2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Muthanna | 0.194 |
| 2 | Salah al-Din | 0.166 |
| 3 | Maysan | 0.155 |
| 4 | Al-Qadisiyah | 0.145 |
| 5 | Babil | 0.141 |
| 6 | Nineveh | 0.125 |
| 7 | Anbar | 0.124 |
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Sources
- Ministry of Planning and Commission of Statistics and Geographic Information Systems, with UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI): Multidimensional Poverty in Iraq 2024: Analytical Report (Table 4, Table 16, Annex 2, Annex 3), based on the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey 2023-24, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2918b603f085…)
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