Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2016 compilation

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Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a Day, 2016 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Population below $4.20 a day, 2021 PPP (%)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	87.97	consumption	2016.5
2	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	85.13	consumption	2016.31
3	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	78.62	consumption	2016.77
4	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	75.65	consumption	2016.5
5	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	58.27	consumption	2016.17
6	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	56.29	consumption	2016.75
7	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa · 2016 reading	54.97	consumption	2016
8	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2016 reading	44.75	consumption	2016
9	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2016 reading	38.73	consumption	2016
10	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2016 reading	30.11	income	2016
11	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia · 2016 reading	29.87	consumption	2016
12	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2016 reading	23.21	consumption	2016
13	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2016 reading	17.13	income	2016
14	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia · 2016 reading	14.09	consumption	2016
15	PeruPERSouth America · 2016 reading	13.65	income	2016
16	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2016 reading	13.53	income	2016
17	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2016 reading	11.77	income	2016
18	BrazilBRASouth America · 2016 reading	10.80	income	2016
19	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2016 reading	10.52	income	2016
20	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2016 reading	10.21	income	2016
21	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2016 reading	9.67	income	2016
22	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2016 reading	9.57	consumption	2016
23	RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2016 reading	9.10	income	2016
24	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2016 reading	9.06	income	2016
=25	PanamaPANCentral America · 2016 reading	8.64	income	2016

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +19 / −22countries joined / left
• 61values changed, of 65 in both
• 27 · 34rose · fell
• 4unchanged

+ Argentina+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ Barbados+ Ghana+ South Korea+ Liberia+ Sri Lanka+ Maldives+ Mexico+ Mongolia+ Malawi+ Palestine+ Rwanda+ South Sudan+ Eswatini+ Taiwan+ Uganda+ Vietnam− Benin− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Botswana− Chile− Côte d’Ivoire− Cabo Verde− Egypt− Ethiopia− Gambia− Kenya− Saint Lucia− Myanmar− Malaysia− Namibia− Nigeria− Pakistan− Philippines− Togo− Tajikistan− Tonga− Tunisia− Zambia

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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