Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2008 compilation

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2008 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Population below $4.20 a day, 2021 PPP (%)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	90.43	consumption	2008.67
2	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2008 reading	79.09	consumption	2008
3	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2008 reading	64.12	consumption	2008
4	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2008 reading	63.42	consumption	2008
5	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	50.05	consumption	2008.67
6	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2008 reading	41.35	consumption	2008
7	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2008 reading	38.77	consumption	2008
8	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	38.22	consumption	2008.5
9	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2008 reading	38.06	consumption	2008
10	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	36.82	consumption	2008.2
11	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2008 reading	34.35	consumption	2008
12	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2008 reading	30.49	income	2008
13	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2008 reading	26.23	income	2008
14	PeruPERSouth America · 2008 reading	24.34	income	2008
15	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2008 reading	23.54	income	2008
16	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2008 reading	18.72	income	2008
17	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2008 reading	17.72	income	2008
18	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2008 reading	16.46	income	2008
19	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	16.09	consumption	2008.24
=20	BrazilBRASouth America · 2008 reading	15.89	income	2008
=20	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2008 reading	15.89	income	2008
22	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2008 reading	15.37	income	2008
23	PanamaPANCentral America · 2008 reading	14.25	income	2008
24	SamoaWSMPolynesia · 2008 reading	12.32	consumption	2008
25	FijiFJIMelanesia	11.54	consumption	2008.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.34. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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+ Angola+ Albania+ Australia+ Central African Republic+ China+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Colombia+ Egypt+ Fiji+ Croatia+ Jordan+ Japan+ South Korea+ Mexico+ North Macedonia+ Mozambique+ Mauritania+ Malaysia+ Vietnam+ Samoa+ South Africa− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Bhutan− Cameroon− Cabo Verde− Guinea− Laos− Liberia− Mongolia− Niger− Pakistan− Palestine− Tajikistan− Timor-Leste− Taiwan− Tanzania

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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