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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2018 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2018 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, 2018 compilation covers 94 countries. Niger is highest, at 78.06; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 2.59. Against the 2017 compilation, 62 values changed (24 up, 38 down), 27 countries joined, 12 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2018

HighestNiger

78.06

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

94countries
1measure
2018compiled · readings from many years
86distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2018 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, 2018 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.06	consumption	2018.57
2	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	69.98	consumption	2017.92
3	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	66.14	consumption	2018.5
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa · 2018 reading	65.01	consumption	2018
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63.24	consumption	2018.5
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	59.38	consumption	2018.43
7	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.47	consumption	2018.5
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.06	consumption	2018.75
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.69	consumption	2018.43
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	53.67	consumption	2018.17
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.23	consumption	2018.57
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.72	consumption	2018.5
13	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.30	consumption	2018.5
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.55	consumption	2018.5
15	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.97	consumption	2018.42
16	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	30.25	consumption	2018
17	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2018 reading	29.21	income	2018
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.18	consumption	2018.5
19	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	28.10	income	2018
20	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2018 reading	26.01	consumption	2018
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2018 reading	22.40	consumption	2018
22	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	21.81	income	2018
23	Colombia`COL`South America · 2018 reading	16.96	income	2018
24	Peru`PER`South America · 2018 reading	11.84	income	2018
25	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2018 reading	11.07	income	2018
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2018 reading	10.22	income	2018
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2018 reading	9.43	consumption	2018
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.33	consumption	2018.23
29	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2018 reading	9.24	income	2018
30	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2018 reading	9.13	income	2018
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2018 reading	7.95	income	2018
32	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	7.11	income	2018
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	6.95	income	2018
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2018 reading	6.91	income	2018
35	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	6.70	consumption	2018
36	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2018 reading	6.66	income	2018
37	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	6.38	income	2018
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	5.88	income	2018
39	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	5.48	consumption	2018
40	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	5.22	consumption	2018
41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2018 reading	4.31	income	2018
42	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.01	consumption	2018.2
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	3.53	consumption	2018
44	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2018 reading	3.25	income	2018
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2018 reading	3.01	income	2018
46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.94	consumption	2018.36
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2018 reading	2.63	income	2018
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	2.56	income	2018
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	2.10	income	2018
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean · 2018 reading	1.99	consumption	2018
51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	1.70	income	2018
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.43	income	2018.08
=53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	1.34	income	2018
=53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	1.34	income	2018
55	United States`USA`Northern America · 2018 reading	1.30	income	2018
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	1.24	income	2018
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	1.03	income	2018
58	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2018 reading	1.00	income	2018
59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.93	income	2018
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	0.90	consumption	2018
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	0.79	income	2018
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	0.71	income	2018
63	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.69	income	2018
64	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2018 reading	0.60	income	2018
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.57	consumption	2018
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.55	income	2018
67	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2018 reading	0.53	consumption	2018
=68	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2018 reading	0.50	income	2018
=68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.50	income	2018
=70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.41	consumption	2018
=70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.41	income	2018
=70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.41	income	2018
73	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.38	income	2018
74	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2018 reading	0.37	income	2018
75	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	0.31	income	2018
=76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.30	income	2018
=76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	0.30	income	2018
78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.29	income	2018
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	0.24	income	2018
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.23	income	2018
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.19	income	2018.46
82	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.16	income	2018
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.15	consumption	2018
84	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.14	income	2018
=85	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.10	income	2018
=85	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	0.10	income	2018
=85	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	0.10	income	2018
88	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.09	income	2018
89	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2018 reading	0.08	income	2018
90	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.07	income	2018
91	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	0.05	income	2018
92	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2018 reading	0.04	income	2018
=93	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	0.00	income	2018
=93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia · 2018 reading	0.00	income	2018

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2018 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger78.06
2Tanzania69.98
3Burkina Faso66.14
4Sierra Leone65.01
5Chad63.24

Lowest

93Sloveniashared0.00
93United Arab Emiratesshared0.00
92Switzerland0.04
91Czechia0.05
90France0.07

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since the 2017 compilation

+27 / −12countries joined / left
62values changed, of 67 in both
24 · 38rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Kosovo22.18 → 28.10+5.92
Armenia8.08 → 9.43+1.35
Iran8.05 → 9.33+1.28
Ecuador8.39 → 9.24+0.85
Costa Rica3.57 → 4.31+0.74

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan30.47 → 26.01−4.46
Indonesia34.08 → 30.25−3.83
Serbia10.03 → 6.38−3.65
North Macedonia9.20 → 7.11−2.09
China7.46 → 5.48−1.98

+ Angola

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Australia

+ Benin

+ Burkina Faso

+ Belize

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Guinea

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Grenada

+ Jamaica

+ Laos

+ Mexico

+ Mali

+ Mongolia

+ Malaysia

+ Niger

+ Nigeria

+ Pakistan

+ Philippines

+ Senegal

+ Sierra Leone

+ Seychelles

+ Chad

+ Togo

+ Tanzania

+ Vietnam

− Bhutan

− Chile

− Djibouti

− Egypt

− Gabon

− Hungary

− Lesotho

− Myanmar

− Mauritius

− Qatar

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− Zimbabwe

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

04Caveats

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Each country’s newest reading as of 2018, from 2018 to 2018.
86 distinct values among 94
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 0.41. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2018). Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2018 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-420/2018

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