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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2003; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country’s people living on less than $4.20 a day at 2021 purchasing power parities — the World Bank’s poverty line for lower-middle-income countries, between its $3.00 extreme-poverty line and its $8.30 upper-middle-income line.

Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation covers 69 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 97.23; Slovenia is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 12.93. Against the 2002 compilation, 40 values changed (19 up, 21 down), 26 countries joined, 25 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2003

HighestUzbekistan

97.23

LowestSlovenia

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

69countries
1measure
2003compiled · readings from many years
62distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2003 reading	97.23	consumption	2003
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa · 2003 reading	84.15	consumption	2003
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	83.87	consumption	2003.25
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa · 2003 reading	81.81	consumption	2003
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2003 reading	81.08	consumption	2003
6	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2003 reading	76.39	consumption	2003
7	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia · 2003 reading	76.22	consumption	2003
8	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	74.09	consumption	2003.25
9	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	71.33	consumption	2003
10	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.37	consumption	2003.29
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	69.25	consumption	2003.67
12	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.74	consumption	2003.67
13	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2003 reading	45.32	income	2003
14	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia · 2003 reading	41.62	consumption	2003
15	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	41.04	income	2003
16	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2003 reading	40.07	consumption	2003
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2003 reading	39.76	income	2003
18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2003 reading	39.69	consumption	2003
19	Peru`PER`South America · 2003 reading	34.62	income	2003
20	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	33.51	consumption	2003
21	Colombia`COL`South America · 2003 reading	32.21	income	2003
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2003 reading	29.91	income	2003
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2003 reading	29.84	income	2003
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2003 reading	28.72	consumption	2003
25	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2003 reading	26.28	income	2003
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	25.91	consumption	2003
27	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2003 reading	23.85	income	2003
28	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2003 reading	22.89	income	2003
29	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	22.57	consumption	2003
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2003 reading	19.78	consumption	2003
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	19.08	consumption	2003
32	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2003 reading	19.05	income	2003
33	Chile`CHL`South America · 2003 reading	15.49	income	2003
34	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2003 reading	13.78	income	2003
35	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	12.93	consumption	2003
36	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2003 reading	11.38	income	2003
37	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	8.49	consumption	2003
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2003 reading	8.40	income	2003
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	6.29	consumption	2003
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	6.09	income	2003
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	5.50	consumption	2003
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	3.67	consumption	2003
=43	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2003 reading	3.06	consumption	2003
=43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.06	consumption	2003.5
45	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	2.19	consumption	2003
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2003 reading	2.10	income	2003
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	2.08	consumption	2003
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	1.58	income	2003
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	1.49	consumption	2003
=50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2003 reading	1.20	income	2003
=50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	1.20	income	2003
=50	United States`USA`Northern America · 2003 reading	1.20	income	2003
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	1.13	income	2003
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2003 reading	1.09	consumption	2003
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.73	income	2003
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.56	income	2003
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.45	income	2003
=58	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.40	income	2003
=58	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2003 reading	0.40	income	2003
=58	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.40	income	2003
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.37	income	2003
62	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.24	income	2003
63	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.23	income	2003
=64	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.20	income	2003
=64	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.20	income	2003
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2003 reading	0.11	income	2003
=67	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.09	income	2003
=67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2003 reading	0.09	income	2003
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2003 reading	0.00	consumption	2003

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uzbekistan97.23
2Benin84.15
3Sierra Leone83.87
4Chad81.81
5Burkina Faso81.08

Lowest

69Slovenia0.00
67Icelandshared0.09
67Finlandshared0.09
66Luxembourg0.11
64Franceshared0.20

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since the 2002 compilation

+26 / −25countries joined / left
40values changed, of 43 in both
19 · 21rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela34.03 → 39.76+5.73
Honduras40.39 → 45.32+4.93
Dominican Republic15.63 → 19.05+3.42
Türkiye17.74 → 19.78+2.04
North Macedonia7.47 → 8.49+1.02

Fell most

Moldova38.35 → 25.91−12.44
Argentina25.40 → 13.78−11.62
Paraguay30.37 → 22.89−7.48
Ukraine20.03 → 12.93−7.10
Kazakhstan34.16 → 28.72−5.44

+ Australia

+ Austria

+ Belgium

+ Benin

+ Burkina Faso

+ Bulgaria

+ Bhutan

+ Chile

+ Denmark

+ Ecuador

+ Spain

+ Finland

+ Gambia

+ Iceland

+ Malaysia

+ Namibia

+ Nigeria

+ Norway

+ Nepal

+ Philippines

+ Portugal

+ Sierra Leone

+ Syria

+ Chad

+ Tajikistan

+ Kosovo

− Albania

− Bolivia

− Botswana

− Switzerland

− China

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Czechia

− Djibouti

− Fiji

− Guinea

− Guinea-Bissau

− Jamaica

− Jordan

− Laos

− Sri Lanka

− Lesotho

− Maldives

− Mexico

− Mongolia

− Mozambique

− Thailand

− Uganda

− Vietnam

− Samoa

− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2003, from 2003 to 2003.
62 distinct values among 69
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 1.20. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 69 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2003). Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2003 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-420/2003

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