Millennium Development Goals

Baseline Data and Targets (Region XII)


Goal 1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Target 1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

Indicator

Source Baseline Data Recent Data 2015 Target
001a Proportion of population living below the poverty threshold NSCB 46.8
(2000)
38.4
(2003)
23.4
Urban 30.3
(2000)
31.5
(2003)
15.2
Rural 57.1
(2000)
41.9
(2003)
28.6
001b Proportion of families living below the poverty threshold NSCB 40.7
(2000)
32.0
(2003)
20.4
Urban 24.9
(2000)
26.0
(2003)
12.5
Rural 50.5
(2000)
35.3
(2003)
20.3
001c Proportion of people living below the food threshold NSCB 22.6
(2000)
18.4
(2003)
11.3
Urban 13.0
(2000)
12.4
(2003)
6.5
Rural 28.5
(2000)
21.6
(2003)
14.3
001d Proportion of families living below the food threshold NSCB 17.9
(2000)
14.0
(2003)
9.0
Urban 9.7
(2000)
9.1
(2003)
4.9
Rural 22.9
(2000)
16.7
(2003)
11.5

Target 2. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Indicator Source Baseline Data Recent Data 2015 Target
001 Malnutrition Prevalence Rate NNC 20.4
(2003)
15.7
(2005)
10.12
002 Proportion of households with per capita intake below 100% dietary energy requirement FNRI   59.9 a/
(2003)
37.7

a/ - Initial data generated accruing to the new regional set-up per EO 36.

   
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