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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2011 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2011 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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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, 2011 compilation covers 82 countries. Niger is highest, at 85.96; Denmark is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 2.28. Against the 2010 compilation, 60 values changed (17 up, 43 down), 18 countries joined, 23 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2011

HighestNiger

85.96

LowestDenmark

0.00

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

82countries
1measure
2011compiled · readings from many years
80distinct 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, 2011 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, 2011 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2011 reading	85.96	consumption	2011
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	80.31	consumption	2011.33
3	Togo`TGO`Western Africa · 2011 reading	77.74	consumption	2011
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa · 2011 reading	73.33	consumption	2011
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	72.01	consumption	2011.77
6	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	71.70	consumption	2011.29
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa · 2011 reading	63.73	consumption	2011
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.68	consumption	2011.5
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.85	consumption	2011.5
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.97	consumption	2011.67
11	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2011 reading	53.56	consumption	2011
12	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa · 2011 reading	53.53	consumption	2011
13	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2011 reading	37.25	consumption	2011
14	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2011 reading	31.89	consumption	2011
15	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2011 reading	29.79	income	2011
16	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2011 reading	29.15	consumption	2011
17	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2011 reading	20.73	income	2011
18	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	19.97	consumption	2011
19	Colombia`COL`South America · 2011 reading	19.92	income	2011
20	Peru`PER`South America · 2011 reading	17.69	income	2011
21	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	15.54	income	2011
22	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2011 reading	14.84	income	2011
23	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2011 reading	13.14	consumption	2011
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	13.00	income	2011
25	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2011 reading	12.16	income	2011
26	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2011 reading	11.90	income	2011
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2011 reading	11.72	income	2011
28	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2011 reading	10.74	income	2011
29	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2011 reading	10.55	income	2011
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2011 reading	8.53	consumption	2011
31	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	7.21	consumption	2011.23
32	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2011 reading	5.73	consumption	2011
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	5.65	income	2011
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2011 reading	5.19	income	2011
35	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.67	consumption	2011.17
36	Chile`CHL`South America · 2011 reading	4.05	income	2011
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	3.35	income	2011
38	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2011 reading	2.88	consumption	2011
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	2.66	consumption	2011
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	2.46	consumption	2011
41	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2011 reading	2.33	income	2011
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	2.22	income	2011
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	2.05	income	2011
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2011 reading	2.03	consumption	2011
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia · 2011 reading	1.88	income	2011
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2011 reading	1.80	income	2011
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	1.75	income	2011
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	1.65	income	2011
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	1.60	income	2011
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	1.49	income	2011
51	United States`USA`Northern America · 2011 reading	1.30	income	2011
52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2011 reading	1.20	income	2011
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2011 reading	1.13	consumption	2011
54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	1.03	consumption	2011
55	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2011 reading	0.98	income	2011
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.97	income	2011
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	0.95	income	2011
58	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.92	income	2011
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.89	consumption	2011
=60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.85	income	2011
=60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.85	income	2011
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.69	income	2011
63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.64	consumption	2011
64	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.58	income	2011
65	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.51	consumption	2011
66	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.50	income	2011
67	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2011 reading	0.40	income	2011
68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	0.38	income	2011
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.31	consumption	2011.77
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.29	income	2011
71	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.22	income	2011
72	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.17	income	2011
73	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.14	income	2011
74	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.13	income	2011
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2011 reading	0.11	income	2011
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.10	income	2011
=77	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.06	income	2011
=77	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.06	income	2011
79	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2011 reading	0.03	income	2011
80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2011 reading	0.02	income	2011
81	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2011 reading	0.01	income	2011
82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2011 reading	0.00	income	2011

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2011 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger85.96
2Benin80.31
3Togo77.74
4Sierra Leone73.33
5Tanzania72.01

Lowest

82Denmark0.00
81Switzerland0.01
80Slovenia0.02
79Cyprus0.03
77Franceshared0.06

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.28. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since the 2010 compilation

+18 / −23countries joined / left
60values changed, of 64 in both
17 · 43rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Romania11.46 → 13.00+1.54
Greece1.38 → 2.22+0.84
Bulgaria4.93 → 5.65+0.72
Costa Rica4.53 → 5.19+0.66
Spain1.07 → 1.65+0.58

Fell most

Kosovo26.07 → 19.97−6.10
China34.92 → 29.15−5.77
Mongolia12.15 → 8.53−3.62
Indonesia56.73 → 53.56−3.17
Colombia22.62 → 19.92−2.70

+ Benin

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Bolivia

+ Brazil

+ Chile

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Algeria

+ India

+ Iran

+ Lebanon

+ Malaysia

+ Niger

+ Senegal

+ Sierra Leone

+ Chad

+ Togo

+ Tanzania

+ Zimbabwe

− Australia

− Bangladesh

− Egypt

− Ethiopia

− Gambia

− Guinea-Bissau

− Jordan

− South Korea

− Madagascar

− Mexico

− Malawi

− Nigeria

− Nepal

− Rwanda

− Serbia

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Tunisia

− Tuvalu

− Taiwan

− Vietnam

− Vanuatu

− South Africa

− 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 2011, from 2011 to 2011.
80 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 0.85. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 82 countries has every column.

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