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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012 covers 172 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 83.94; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 5.57. Against 2011, 157 values changed (49 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2012

HighestUzbekistan

83.94

Lowest8 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia83.94extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa80.66interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa80.34interpolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa76.44interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa73.49interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa72.38interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa69.06interpolationconsumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa68.62interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa67.94interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa67.64interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa66.99interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa64.48interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa64.15interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa61.43interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa61.33interpolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa57.84interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa57.05interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa51.62interpolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa51.47interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia50.99extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa50.92interpolationconsumption
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa50.59interpolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa48.68interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia45.78interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa44.24interpolationconsumption

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Uzbekistan83.94
  2. DR Congo80.66
  3. Burundi80.34
  4. Mozambique76.44
  5. Malawi73.49

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Qatarshared0.00
  3. Algeriashared0.00
  4. Denmarkshared0.00
  5. Cyprusshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 5.57. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 172 in both
  • 49 · 108rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

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 2012.

  • 154 distinct values among 172

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 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 172 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 (2012). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2012

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012: 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, 2012?

Uzbekistan, at 83.94, of the 172 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012 cover?

172.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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