Societal Poverty Rate, 2018 compilation

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Societal Poverty Rate, 2018 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Population below the societal poverty line (%)	Societal poverty line (2021 PPP $ a day)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	NigerNERWestern Africa	59.01	3.000	consumption	2018.57
2	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	51.35	3.000	consumption	2017.92
3	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	47.68	3.000	consumption	2018.5
4	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	42.16	3.240	consumption	2018.17
5	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	41.86	3.000	consumption	2018.5
6	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2018 reading	41.49	3.000	consumption	2018
7	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	40.36	3.136	consumption	2018.43
8	BeninBENWestern Africa	40.03	3.127	consumption	2018.5
9	TogoTGOWestern Africa	39.97	3.228	consumption	2018.43
10	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	38.68	3.239	consumption	2018.75
11	MaliMLIWestern Africa	36.69	3.365	consumption	2018.57
12	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	34.43	3.726	consumption	2018.5
13	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2018 reading	34.42	4.916	income	2018
14	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe · 2018 reading	33.64	5.045	income	2018
15	SenegalSENWestern Africa	32.26	3.800	consumption	2018.5
16	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	30.92	3.929	consumption	2018.42
17	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2018 reading	30.70	6.420	income	2018
18	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	29.28	4.140	consumption	2018
19	BrazilBRASouth America · 2018 reading	29.05	8.413	income	2018
20	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	29.01	3.523	consumption	2018.5
21	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	28.32	4.756	income	2018
22	GuineaGINWestern Africa	28.30	4.127	consumption	2018.5
23	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2018 reading	28.16	4.738	consumption	2018
24	PanamaPANCentral America · 2018 reading	26.61	11.014	income	2018
25	PeruPERSouth America · 2018 reading	26.49	6.833	income	2018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.02. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Societal poverty line (2021 PPP $ a day)

  HighestUnited Arab Emirates39.559

  Lowest5 share it

  Middle country: 9.572

• +27 / −12countries joined / left
• 67values changed, of 67 in both
• 25 · 42rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ 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. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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