Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators



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National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the World Bank's country poverty assessments.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)71.3
2Swaziland (2001)69.2
3Madagascar (2005)68.7
4Burundi (1998)68
5Zambia (2004)68
6Sierra Leone (2003)65.9
7Guinea-Bissau (2002)65.7
8Chad (1996)64
9Mali (1998)63.8
10Liberia (2007)63.8
11Niger (1993)63
12Gambia (2003)61.3
13Rwanda (2005)56.9
14Lesotho (2002)56.3
15Nigeria (2003)54.7
16Mozambique (2002)54.1
17Eritrea (1994)53
18Malawi (2004)52.4
19Republic of the Congo (2009)50.1
20Ivory Coast (2009)48.9
21Burkina Faso (2003)46.4
22Mauritania (2000)46.3
23Kenya (2005)45.9
24Ethiopia (2000)44.2
25Guinea (1994)40
26Cameroon (2007)39.9
27Benin (2003)39
28Zimbabwe (1996)34.9
29Tanzania (2007)33.6
30Senegal (1992)33.4
31Uganda (2005)31.1
32Ghana (2005)28.5
33South Africa (2005)23
34Algeria (1995)22.6
35Morocco (1999)19
36Egypt (2000)16.7
37Mauritius (1992)10.6
38Tunisia (1995)7.6
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