Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) in Africa

15 countries in Africa, 2018. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.7 %
Seychelles
Median country
37.1 %
half above, half below
World
11.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.7 to 59.0
Seychelles - Niger

How to read it

Across 15 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Niger (59.0 %) and the lowest in Seychelles (0.7 %).

The median country is at 37.1 %: half are above, half below.

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

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Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank… · via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.DDAY) · licence

Extreme poverty over time

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Ranking of countries

2018
In chart Share of the highest value
1Seychelles0.7
2Guinea11.7
3Senegal19.1
4Côte d'Ivoire21.7
5Mali29.4
6Nigeria34.2
7Togo35.3
8Guinea-Bissau37.1
9Benin37.2
10Angola39.3
11Sierra Leone41.5
12Chad41.9
13Burkina Faso47.7
14Tanzania51.3
15Niger59.0
World Bank, WDI · SI.POV.DDAY · 2018 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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