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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2005 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2005 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; 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, 2005 compilation covers 81 countries. Niger is highest, at 91.77; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.05. The middle country reads 9.42. Against the 2004 compilation, 57 values changed (25 up, 32 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2005

HighestNiger

91.77

Lowest2 countries share it

0.05

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

81countries
1measure
2005compiled · readings from many years
79distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2005 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, 2005 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2005 reading	91.77	consumption	2005
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.22	consumption	2005.33
3	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	84.16	consumption	2005.75
4	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	76.69	consumption	2005.67
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	75.86	consumption	2005.5
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa · 2005 reading	73.80	consumption	2005
7	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	71.28	consumption	2005.8
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	69.05	consumption	2005.5
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	68.99	consumption	2005
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2005 reading	68.59	consumption	2005
11	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.88	consumption	2005.38
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	61.34	consumption	2005
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia · 2005 reading	59.02	consumption	2005
14	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa · 2005 reading	54.94	consumption	2005
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	50.51	consumption	2005
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.75	consumption	2005.25
17	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2005 reading	41.64	income	2005
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2005 reading	39.17	consumption	2005
19	Peru`PER`South America · 2005 reading	37.12	income	2005
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	34.06	consumption	2005
21	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	32.78	consumption	2005
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2005 reading	31.33	income	2005
23	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia · 2005 reading	29.25	consumption	2005
24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2005 reading	29.10	consumption	2005
25	Colombia`COL`South America · 2005 reading	28.47	income	2005
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2005 reading	27.19	income	2005
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2005 reading	26.10	income	2005
28	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2005 reading	26.09	income	2005
29	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2005 reading	24.71	income	2005
30	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2005 reading	22.70	income	2005
31	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2005 reading	22.23	income	2005
32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa · 2005 reading	20.26	consumption	2005
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2005 reading	19.87	income	2005
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2005 reading	19.42	consumption	2005
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2005 reading	18.61	income	2005
36	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2005 reading	17.71	income	2005
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.50	consumption	2005.34
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	13.22	consumption	2005
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	12.08	consumption	2005
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.72	consumption	2005.23
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	9.42	consumption	2005
42	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2005 reading	9.20	income	2005
43	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2005 reading	8.73	income	2005
44	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	8.19	consumption	2005
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	7.75	consumption	2005
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	5.68	income	2005
47	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	4.91	consumption	2005
48	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	4.68	consumption	2005
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	4.67	income	2005
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	4.28	consumption	2005
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	4.24	consumption	2005
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	3.00	income	2005
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	2.18	income	2005
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	1.77	income	2005
55	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2005 reading	1.70	income	2005
56	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	1.65	consumption	2005
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	1.33	income	2005
58	United States`USA`Northern America · 2005 reading	1.20	income	2005
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	1.14	income	2005
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	1.09	income	2005
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	1.04	income	2005
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	1.02	income	2005
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.61	income	2005
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2005 reading	0.50	income	2005
65	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.40	income	2005
66	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.33	income	2005
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.29	consumption	2005
68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.28	income	2005
69	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.27	income	2005
70	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.21	income	2005
71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.20	income	2005
72	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2005 reading	0.19	income	2005
73	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.17	income	2005
74	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.14	income	2005
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2005 reading	0.12	income	2005
=76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.10	income	2005
=76	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2005 reading	0.10	income	2005
78	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.09	income	2005
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2005 reading	0.06	income	2005
=80	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2005 reading	0.05	income	2005
=80	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2005 reading	0.05	income	2005

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2005 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger91.77
2Uganda84.22
3Rwanda84.16
4Ghana76.69
5Solomon Islands75.86

Lowest

80Franceshared0.05
80Cyprusshared0.05
79Czechia0.06
78Luxembourg0.09
76Taiwanshared0.10

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since the 2004 compilation

+22 / −16countries joined / left
57values changed, of 59 in both
25 · 32rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Moldova26.79 → 34.06+7.27
Kyrgyzstan54.19 → 61.34+7.15
Kazakhstan22.30 → 29.10+6.80
Bolivia21.90 → 26.10+4.20
North Macedonia4.42 → 7.75+3.33

Fell most

Armenia29.04 → 19.42−9.62
Venezuela34.20 → 27.19−7.01
Dominican Republic24.95 → 18.61−6.34
Ecuador30.93 → 24.71−6.22
Belarus13.64 → 8.19−5.45

+ Albania

+ Bangladesh

+ China

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Micronesia

+ Gabon

+ Ghana

+ Iran

+ Kenya

+ Madagascar

+ Montenegro

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Rwanda

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Tunisia

+ Taiwan

+ Uganda

+ Kosovo

+ Yemen

+ South Africa

− Australia

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Switzerland

− DR Congo

− Comoros

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Croatia

− India

− Jamaica

− Mauritania

− Malawi

− Thailand

− Tajikistan

− Vietnam

− 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 2005, from 2005 to 2005.
79 distinct values among 81
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 0.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2005). Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2005 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-420/2005

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