The implication of this ranking on the Misery Index is clearly desirable. The United Nations Global multi dimensional poverty index published a report based on the poverty rate of Nigerian states that ranked Osun State second richest state. The implications of a high ranking on the Misery Index are foreboding and clearly undesirable. The three indicators, when summed up make up the broader definition of the misery index. So a misery index tries to capture how economically well off the citizens of a country are.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2018 03:22 UTC