Latest available · compiled 2002

Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2002 compilation

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2002 compilation covers 68 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 97.17; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 22.94.

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day · Latest available · compiled 2002

HighestUzbekistan

97.17

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

68countries
1measure
2002compiled · readings from many years
62distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 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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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2002 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia · 2002 reading	97.17	consumption	2002
2	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	93.27	consumption	2002.5
3	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	88.02	consumption	2002.36
4	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	85.18	consumption	2002.75
5	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2002 reading	84.31	consumption	2002
6	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	81.94	consumption	2002.83
7	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2002 reading	79.06	consumption	2002
8	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	73.07	consumption	2002
9	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	68.47	consumption	2002.25
10	GuineaGINWestern Africa	68.12	consumption	2002.25
11	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	64.99	consumption	2002
12	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2002 reading	64.68	consumption	2002
13	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2002 reading	63.67	consumption	2002
14	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2002 reading	51.59	consumption	2002
15	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	49.18	consumption	2002.53
16	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2002 reading	43.73	consumption	2002
17	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2002 reading	42.50	consumption	2002
18	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	40.49	consumption	2002.5
19	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2002 reading	40.39	income	2002
20	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2002 reading	39.66	consumption	2002
21	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2002 reading	38.35	consumption	2002
22	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	36.99	consumption	2002.15
23	PeruPERSouth America · 2002 reading	36.30	income	2002
24	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia · 2002 reading	34.16	consumption	2002
25	VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2002 reading	34.03	income	2002
26	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2002 reading	34.02	income	2002
27	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2002 reading	31.97	income	2002
28	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2002 reading	30.37	income	2002
29	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2002 reading	29.56	income	2002
30	BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2002 reading	26.69	consumption	2002
31	BrazilBRASouth America · 2002 reading	25.54	income	2002
32	ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2002 reading	25.40	income	2002
33	PanamaPANCentral America · 2002 reading	25.33	income	2002
34	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2002 reading	23.23	income	2002
35	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2002 reading	22.65	consumption	2002
36	UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2002 reading	20.03	consumption	2002
37	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia · 2002 reading	17.74	consumption	2002
38	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia · 2002 reading	16.14	consumption	2002
39	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2002 reading	15.63	income	2002
40	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	15.06	consumption	2002
41	SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2002 reading	14.96	consumption	2002
42	FijiFJIMelanesia	14.86	consumption	2002.5
43	JamaicaJAMCaribbean · 2002 reading	14.79	consumption	2002
44	Costa RicaCRICentral America · 2002 reading	11.38	income	2002
45	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.47	consumption	2002
46	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	7.23	consumption	2002
47	RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2002 reading	6.33	consumption	2002
48	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	5.40	consumption	2002
49	LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2002 reading	4.16	consumption	2002
50	JordanJORWestern Asia	4.15	consumption	2002.5
51	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia · 2002 reading	2.49	consumption	2002
52	PolandPOLEastern Europe · 2002 reading	2.08	consumption	2002
53	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2002 reading	2.00	income	2002
54	ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2002 reading	1.90	income	2002
55	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	1.24	consumption	2002
56	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2002 reading	1.10	income	2002
=57	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	0.60	income	2002
=57	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	0.60	income	2002
59	HungaryHUNEastern Europe · 2002 reading	0.42	consumption	2002
=60	CanadaCANNorthern America · 2002 reading	0.40	income	2002
=60	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe · 2002 reading	0.40	income	2002
62	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2002 reading	0.13	consumption	2002
=63	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2002 reading	0.10	income	2002
=63	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2002 reading	0.10	income	2002
=63	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2002 reading	0.10	income	2002
=63	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2002 reading	0.10	income	2002
=67	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2002 reading	0.00	income	2002
=67	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2002 reading	0.00	income	2002

02In Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2002 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uzbekistan97.17
2Mozambique93.27
3Uganda88.02
4Lesotho85.18
5Guinea-Bissau84.31

Lowest

67Luxembourgshared0.00
67Czechiashared0.00
63Swedenshared0.10
63Franceshared0.10
63Germanyshared0.10

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 22.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2002, from 2002 to 2002.
62 distinct values among 68
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 0.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
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Every one of the 68 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2002). Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2002 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-420/2002

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