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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995

1995, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995 covers 170 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 98.86; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 17.52. Against 1994, 160 values changed (54 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1995

HighestEquatorial Guinea

98.86

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa98.86extrapolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa92.03extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa91.82extrapolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia89.55extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa88.90extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa88.67interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa87.62interpolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa87.40interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa86.96interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa86.86interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa84.52extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa82.38interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia81.40extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa81.21interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa79.94interpolationconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa78.52extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa78.26interpolationconsumption
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia75.81extrapolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa75.24extrapolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean75.11extrapolationincome
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa74.79extrapolationconsumption
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa73.93extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa73.46interpolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa72.44extrapolationconsumption
NepalNPLSouthern Asia71.78extrapolationconsumption

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Equatorial Guinea98.86
  2. Liberia92.03
  3. DR Congo91.82
  4. Myanmar89.55
  5. Mozambique88.90

Lowest

  1. Qatarshared0.00
  2. Luxembourgshared0.00
  3. Finlandshared0.00
  4. United Arab Emiratesshared0.00
  5. Icelandshared0.04

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 170 in both
  • 54 · 106rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1995.

  • 157 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1995). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1995

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995: questions and answers

Which country has the highest poverty, line-up estimates ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995?

Equatorial Guinea, at 98.86, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995 describe?

1995.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995 cover?

170.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1995 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024.

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