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

8 countries in South America, 2018. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.1 %
Median country
4.7 %
half above, half below
World
11.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.1 to 9.8
Uruguay - Colombia

How to read it

Across 8 countries in South America, the highest value is in Colombia (9.8 %) and the lowest in Uruguay (0.1 %).

The median country is at 4.7 %: 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
1Uruguay0.1
2Argentina1.6
3Paraguay3.1
4Bolivia4.7
5Ecuador4.7
6Peru6.1
7Brazil6.9
8Colombia9.8
World Bank, WDI · SI.POV.DDAY · 2018 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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