Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line. Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the World Bank's country poverty assessments.
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Sierra Leone (2003)78.5
2Zambia (2004)78
3Mali (1998)75.9
4Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)75.7
5Swaziland (2001)75
6Madagascar (2005)73.5
7Liberia (2007)67.7
8Chad (1996)67
9Mauritania (1996)65.5
10Burundi (1998)64.6
11Nigeria (2003)63.8
12Gambia (2003)63
13Rwanda (2005)62.5
14Lesotho (2002)60.5
15Malawi (2004)55.9
16Mozambique (2002)55.3
17Cameroon (2007)55
18Burkina Faso (2003)52.4
19Kenya (2005)49.1
20Zimbabwe (1996)48
21Ethiopia (1996)47
22Benin (2003)46
23Senegal (1992)40.44
24Ghana (2005)39.2
25Tanzania (2007)37.6
26Uganda (2005)34.2
27Algeria (1995)30.3
28Morocco (1999)27.2
29Egypt (1996)23.3
30Tunisia (1995)13.9
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