Latest available · compiled 2002

Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 compilation

Name: Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2002; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 compilation covers 68 countries on 2 measures. Uzbekistan is highest, at 93.10; Sweden is lowest, at 7.60. The middle country reads 28.61.

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Societal Poverty Rate · Latest available · compiled 2002

HighestUzbekistan

93.10

LowestSweden

7.60

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

68countries
2measures per country
2002compiled · readings from many years
68distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 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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Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia · 2002 reading	93.10	3.00	consumption	2002
2	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.57	3.00	consumption	2002.5
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.58	3.00	consumption	2002.36
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	74.86	3.00	consumption	2002.75
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa · 2002 reading	68.23	3.00	consumption	2002
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.98	3.00	consumption	2002.83
7	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2002 reading	58.12	3.00	consumption	2002
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.28	3.00	consumption	2002.25
9	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2002 reading	47.79	3.00	consumption	2002
10	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	46.84	3.00	consumption	2002
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa · 2002 reading	43.90	3.00	consumption	2002
12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	43.31	3.00	consumption	2002
13	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	43.13	3.00	consumption	2002.25
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.58	3.45	consumption	2002.53
15	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2002 reading	38.48	4.02	income	2002
16	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa · 2002 reading	38.16	3.34	consumption	2002
17	Peru`PER`South America · 2002 reading	37.17	4.28	income	2002
18	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2002 reading	35.86	4.82	income	2002
19	Colombia`COL`South America · 2002 reading	35.51	4.35	income	2002
20	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2002 reading	35.17	4.77	income	2002
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America · 2002 reading	34.93	4.30	income	2002
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2002 reading	34.56	4.80	income	2002
23	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2002 reading	34.36	5.59	income	2002
24	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2002 reading	34.28	5.47	income	2002
25	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2002 reading	34.04	5.68	income	2002
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2002 reading	33.84	3.78	consumption	2002
27	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.37	3.71	consumption	2002.5
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia · 2002 reading	33.31	3.65	consumption	2002
29	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	32.98	3.85	consumption	2002
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.64	3.86	consumption	2002.15
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2002 reading	31.06	3.99	consumption	2002
32	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2002 reading	30.92	5.20	income	2002
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2002 reading	30.81	3.57	consumption	2002
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2002 reading	28.85	6.49	income	2002
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean · 2002 reading	28.37	5.76	consumption	2002
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2002 reading	28.28	5.42	consumption	2002
37	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2002 reading	27.70	7.49	income	2002
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	26.91	5.21	consumption	2002
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	26.78	4.21	consumption	2002
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	25.94	4.45	consumption	2002
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	25.38	5.31	consumption	2002.5
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	24.56	7.02	consumption	2002
43	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	24.12	4.50	consumption	2002
44	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia · 2002 reading	23.95	5.30	consumption	2002
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2002 reading	23.70	12.22	income	2002
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	22.44	4.86	consumption	2002
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	22.42	6.80	consumption	2002
48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	22.01	6.39	consumption	2002
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.07	6.65	consumption	2002.5
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	19.99	6.64	consumption	2002
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	19.62	7.43	consumption	2002
52	United States`USA`Northern America · 2002 reading	19.50	30.82	income	2002
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	18.28	7.79	consumption	2002
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	17.10	20.10	income	2002
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	16.60	17.88	income	2002
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	15.54	8.67	consumption	2002
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2002 reading	14.80	26.16	income	2002
58	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	13.70	24.15	income	2002
59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	12.90	8.16	consumption	2002
60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	12.80	19.46	income	2002
61	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2002 reading	12.10	25.79	income	2002
62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2002 reading	11.37	14.57	consumption	2002
63	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2002 reading	10.90	34.09	income	2002
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia · 2002 reading	9.96	5.33	consumption	2002
65	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2002 reading	9.50	13.85	income	2002
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2002 reading	9.30	36.20	income	2002
67	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2002 reading	9.20	28.42	income	2002
68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2002 reading	7.60	22.30	income	2002

02In Societal Poverty Rate, 2002 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Uzbekistan93.10
2Mozambique87.57
3Uganda78.58
4Lesotho74.86
5Guinea-Bissau68.23

Lowest

68Sweden7.60
67Germany9.20
66Luxembourg9.30
65Czechia9.50
64Azerbaijan9.96

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.61. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Societal poverty line (2021 PPP $ a day)
HighestLuxembourg36.20
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 5.21

03Caveats

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