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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2019 compilation

Name: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2019 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, 2019 compilation covers 79 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 89.01; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 1.38. Against the 2018 compilation, 63 values changed (21 up, 42 down), 12 countries joined, 27 left.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2019

HighestMozambique

89.01

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

79countries
1measure
2019compiled · readings from many years
67distinct 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, 2019 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, 2019 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.01	consumption	2019.92
2	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	87.33	consumption	2019.31
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.30	consumption	2019.64
4	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa · 2019 reading	64.62	consumption	2019
5	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.92	consumption	2019.21
6	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2019 reading	28.43	income	2019
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	28.25	consumption	2019
8	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.96	consumption	2019.6
9	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2019 reading	23.22	consumption	2019
10	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	22.00	consumption	2019.27
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2019 reading	21.86	consumption	2019
12	Colombia`COL`South America · 2019 reading	18.50	income	2019
13	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	15.70	income	2019
14	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.14	consumption	2019.15
15	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.05	consumption	2019.23
16	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia · 2019 reading	11.51	consumption	2019
17	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2019 reading	10.91	income	2019
18	Peru`PER`South America · 2019 reading	10.71	income	2019
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.23	consumption	2019.43
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2019 reading	9.83	consumption	2019
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2019 reading	9.51	income	2019
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2019 reading	7.74	income	2019
23	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	7.45	income	2019
24	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	6.67	consumption	2019.5
25	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2019 reading	6.47	income	2019
26	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2019 reading	6.36	income	2019
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2019 reading	5.75	income	2019
28	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	4.90	income	2019
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	4.82	income	2019
30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	4.17	income	2019
31	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2019 reading	3.83	income	2019
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2019 reading	3.81	income	2019
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2019 reading	3.04	income	2019
34	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	3.03	consumption	2019
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	2.98	income	2019
36	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2019 reading	2.94	income	2019
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	1.77	consumption	2019
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	1.70	income	2019
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2019 reading	1.40	income	2019
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	1.38	income	2019
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	1.25	income	2019
=42	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	1.20	income	2019
=42	United States`USA`Northern America · 2019 reading	1.20	income	2019
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.93	income	2019
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.83	income	2019
46	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.74	income	2019
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.71	income	2019
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	0.62	income	2019
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2019 reading	0.56	consumption	2019
=50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2019 reading	0.52	consumption	2019
=50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.52	income	2019
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.51	income	2019
=53	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2019 reading	0.50	income	2019
=53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.50	income	2019
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	0.46	income	2019
56	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2019 reading	0.44	income	2019
57	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.43	income	2019
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.35	consumption	2019
=59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.34	income	2019
=59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.34	consumption	2019
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	0.30	income	2019
62	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.25	income	2019
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2019 reading	0.22	income	2019
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.21	income	2019
=65	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.20	income	2019
=65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	0.20	income	2019
=67	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.13	income	2019
=67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.13	income	2019
=67	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.13	income	2019
=70	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.12	income	2019
=70	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.12	income	2019
=72	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.10	income	2019
=72	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2019 reading	0.10	income	2019
74	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2019 reading	0.08	income	2019
=75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.02	consumption	2019
=75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2019 reading	0.02	income	2019
=75	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2019 reading	0.02	income	2019
=78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2019 reading	0.00	income	2019
=78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	consumption	2019.6

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2019 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mozambique89.01
2Malawi87.33
3Uganda76.30
4Zimbabwe64.62
5Vanuatu36.92

Lowest

78Maldivesshared0.00
78Czechiashared0.00
75Sloveniashared0.02
75Switzerlandshared0.02
75Belarusshared0.02

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since the 2018 compilation

+12 / −27countries joined / left
63values changed, of 67 in both
21 · 42rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Iran9.33 → 12.05+2.72
Colombia16.96 → 18.50+1.54
Greece0.31 → 1.38+1.07
Argentina3.25 → 3.83+0.58
Bulgaria2.56 → 2.98+0.42

Fell most

Kosovo28.10 → 15.70−12.40
Kyrgyzstan26.01 → 23.22−2.79
El Salvador10.22 → 7.74−2.48
China5.48 → 3.03−2.45
Serbia6.38 → 4.17−2.21

+ Egypt

+ Fiji

+ Kiribati

+ Sri Lanka

+ Maldives

+ Marshall Islands

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

+ Uganda

+ Vanuatu

+ Zimbabwe

− 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

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

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How values are stored

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Each country’s newest reading as of 2019, from 2019 to 2019.
67 distinct values among 79
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 0.13. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 79 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2019). Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2019 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-420/2019

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