The UNDP reports the MPI for 104 developing countries, based on the currently
available data; some examples are given in Table 5.2. More countries
may be added as data availability improves, but already the countries encompass
nearly 78% of the world’s population. The index can range from 0 to 1.
Slovenia and Slovakia receive an MPI of 0, the lowest possible value, indicating
the least poverty, while the world’s most impoverished country for which
data were available to compute a ranking, Niger, ranks 104th, with an MPI
value of 0.642. Based on the thresholds just described, the report found there