Across 93 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Niger (59.0 %) and the lowest in United Arab Emirates (0.0 %).
The median country is at 1.0 %: half are above, half below.
For the world as a total, the value fell from 40.7 % in 1994 to 10.4 % in 2024.
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.
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) ·
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