Pakistan

Pakistan

United Nations Development Programme

Empowered lives.Resilient nations.

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Proportion of the poor in 1990-91 was 26.1 percent and MDG target of halving the proportion means a target of 13 percent for 2015. However, poverty had risen to 34.4 percent in 2000-01 but has since declined to 23.7 percent due to high growth especially in the agriculture sector during 2004-05. The poverty reduction target of MTDF is 21 percent by 2010. The target can be realized provided the growth rate of 7.6 percent and the employment generation targets are met. As regards prevalence of underweight children less than 5 years of age there are no recent data and the progress of that indicator cannot be monitored.

Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people below the
poverty line (%)

Indicators

Definitions

1990-91

2000-01

2004-05

MTDF Target
2009-10

MDG Targets 2015

Proportion of population below the calorie based food plus non-food poverty line. (%)

Head-count index based on the official poverty line of R. 673.54 per capita per month in 1998-99 prices consistent with   attainment of 2350 calories per adult equivalent per day 1 .

26.1 2

34.5 3

23.9 3

21

13

Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger (%)

Indicators

Definitions

1990-91

2000-01

 

2004-05

MTDF Target
2009-10

MDG
Targets 2015

Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age. (%)

Proportion of children under 5 years who are underweight for their age

40 4

41.54

n/a

28

<20

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption. (%)

Proportion of population below 2350 calories per day of food intake (Food poverty line)

25

304

n/a

15

13

Notes and Sources:

  1. National Poverty Line notified vide notification. No. 1(41) Poverty/PC/2002 dated 16 August 2002.
  2. Data relating to consumption of households are collected regularly through the household surveys by the Federal Bureau of Statistics and poverty trends  are analyzed by the Planning Commission/CRPRID
  3. The figure for 2000-01 are revised and based on poverty line of Rs. 723.40 per capita per month. The figure for 2004-05 are estimated from Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) survey conducted in 2004-05. The revision for 2000-01 and estimates of 2004-05 is undertaken by the Planning Commission/CRPRID.
  4. Data on nutrition related indicators are collected periodically through the National Nutrition Survey and analyzed by the Planning Commission. Information reported for 1998-99 and 2000-01 is from the 1998-99 and 2000-01 survey respectively