Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the World Bank's country poverty assessments.
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi (1998)66.5
2Chad (1996)63
3Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)61.5
4Gambia (2003)57
5Sierra Leone (2003)56.4
6Liberia (2007)55.1
7Zambia (2004)53
8Guinea-Bissau (2002)52.6
9Madagascar (2005)52
10Mozambique (2002)51.5
11Republic of the Congo (2005)49.2
12Swaziland (2001)49
13Nigeria (2003)43.1
14Lesotho (2002)41.5
15Kenya (2005)33.7
16Ethiopia (1996)33.3
17Mali (1998)30.1
18Mauritania (1996)30.1
19Benin (2003)29
20Malawi (2004)25.4
21Senegal (1992)23.68
22Egypt (1996)22.5
23Burkina Faso (2003)19.2
24Tanzania (2007)16.4
25Algeria (1995)14.7
26Uganda (2005)13.4
27Rwanda (2005)13
28Cameroon (2007)12.2
29Morocco (1999)12
30Ghana (2005)10.8
31Zimbabwe (1996)7.9
32Tunisia (1995)3.6
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