Latest available · compiled 2014

Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2014 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2014 compilation
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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, 2014 compilation covers 84 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 84.29; Malta is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 3.04. Against the 2013 compilation, 61 values changed (21 up, 40 down), 19 countries joined, 13 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2014

HighestMozambique

84.29

LowestMalta

0.03

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

84countries
1measure
2014compiled · readings from many years
81distinct 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, 2014 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, 2014 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.29	consumption	2014.44
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa · 2014 reading	79.36	consumption	2014
3	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2014 reading	77.41	consumption	2014
4	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.37	consumption	2014.31
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia · 2014 reading	57.73	consumption	2014
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa · 2014 reading	54.73	consumption	2014
7	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa · 2014 reading	47.74	consumption	2014
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2014 reading	47.71	consumption	2014
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa · 2014 reading	42.36	consumption	2014
10	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.73	consumption	2014.83
11	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2014 reading	31.08	income	2014
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2014 reading	30.75	consumption	2014
13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa · 2014 reading	26.29	consumption	2014
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa · 2014 reading	26.03	consumption	2014
15	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2014 reading	25.10	consumption	2014
16	Colombia`COL`South America · 2014 reading	18.36	income	2014
17	Guatemala`GTM`Central America · 2014 reading	16.86	income	2014
18	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2014 reading	15.70	income	2014
19	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2014 reading	15.58	income	2014
20	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2014 reading	15.10	income	2014
21	Peru`PER`South America · 2014 reading	14.40	income	2014
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	14.14	income	2014
23	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2014 reading	13.74	consumption	2014
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	13.21	income	2014
25	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	12.50	consumption	2014
26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2014 reading	11.41	consumption	2014
27	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	10.95	consumption	2014
28	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	10.50	income	2014
29	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2014 reading	10.40	income	2014
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	9.28	income	2014
31	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2014 reading	9.27	income	2014
32	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2014 reading	9.15	income	2014
33	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.81	consumption	2014.23
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2014 reading	8.75	income	2014
35	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2014 reading	8.72	income	2014
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2014 reading	8.57	consumption	2014
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2014 reading	8.18	income	2014
38	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2014 reading	4.70	income	2014
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	4.32	income	2014
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2014 reading	4.00	consumption	2014
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2014 reading	3.96	consumption	2014
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	3.40	income	2014
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	2.67	income	2014
44	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2014 reading	2.49	income	2014
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	2.19	income	2014
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	1.90	income	2014
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	1.84	income	2014
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	1.82	income	2014
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	1.73	income	2014
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	1.56	income	2014
51	United States`USA`Northern America · 2014 reading	1.50	income	2014
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	1.49	income	2014
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2014 reading	1.40	income	2014
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	1.39	income	2014
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2014 reading	1.38	consumption	2014
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	1.19	income	2014
57	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2014 reading	1.00	income	2014
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	0.80	income	2014
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.71	income	2014
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2014 reading	0.70	income	2014
61	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2014 reading	0.66	income	2014
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	0.65	consumption	2014
63	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.61	income	2014
64	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2014 reading	0.60	income	2014
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2014 reading	0.53	consumption	2014
66	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2014 reading	0.50	income	2014
67	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.40	income	2014
=68	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.30	income	2014
=68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	0.30	consumption	2014
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.24	income	2014
71	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.21	income	2014
72	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.20	income	2014
73	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2014 reading	0.16	income	2014
74	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.14	income	2014
75	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.13	income	2014
76	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.10	income	2014
77	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.09	income	2014
78	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.08	income	2014
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	0.06	income	2014
=80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2014 reading	0.05	consumption	2014
=80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2014 reading	0.05	income	2014
=80	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	0.05	income	2014
83	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2014 reading	0.04	income	2014
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2014 reading	0.03	income	2014

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2014 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique84.29
2Niger79.36
3Burkina Faso77.41
4Timor-Leste71.37
5Yemen57.73

Lowest

84Malta0.03
83France0.04
80Sloveniashared0.05
80Icelandshared0.05
80Belarusshared0.05

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since the 2013 compilation

+19 / −13countries joined / left
61values changed, of 65 in both
21 · 40rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Kosovo7.96 → 10.95+2.99
Iran6.87 → 8.81+1.94
Paraguay8.48 → 9.27+0.79
Greece2.81 → 3.40+0.59
Montenegro8.72 → 9.28+0.56

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan37.22 → 30.75−6.47
Georgia29.01 → 25.10−3.91
China16.71 → 13.74−2.97
Dominican Republic11.60 → 8.75−2.85
Indonesia49.70 → 47.71−1.99

+ Albania

+ Australia

+ Burkina Faso

+ Cameroon

+ Comoros

+ Guatemala

+ South Korea

+ Liberia

+ Mexico

+ Mongolia

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Niger

+ Nicaragua

+ Sudan

+ Timor-Leste

+ Vietnam

+ Yemen

+ South Africa

− United Arab Emirates

− Burundi

− Chile

− Djibouti

− Fiji

− Micronesia

− Morocco

− Malaysia

− Pakistan

− Rwanda

− Seychelles

− Taiwan

− Samoa

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 2014, from 2014 to 2014.
81 distinct values among 84
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 0.05. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 84 countries has every column.

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