for this reason it is better to define the poverty threshold using deprivation in two dimensions in line with other recent multidimensional measurements alkire and santos coneval gordon and others the countries with the highest multidimensional poverty rates guatemala honduras nicaragua and the plurinational state of bolivia are also those with the highest monetary poverty rates at the other extreme chile costa rica and uruguay urban area are the countries with the lowest multidimensional poverty rates and the lowest monetary poverty rates see table refers to the latest survey available between and the only cases where multidimensional poverty did not decline was in some countries where rates were below which is to be expected because some of the indicators used are probably at the minimum threshold level