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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984 covers 168 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 99.54; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 15.55. Against 1983, 141 values changed (59 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1984

HighestEquatorial Guinea

99.54

Lowest15 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.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 168 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa99.54extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa93.68extrapolationconsumption
ChinaCHNEastern Asia91.25surveyincome
MaliMLIWestern Africa91.14extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa90.70extrapolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia90.46extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa89.16extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa88.98extrapolationconsumption
GuineaGINWestern Africa87.80extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa86.94extrapolationconsumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia86.26surveyconsumption
NepalNPLSouthern Asia83.62extrapolationincome
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia83.14extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa81.64extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa81.28extrapolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa81.02extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa78.15extrapolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa76.70extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa76.28extrapolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa76.02extrapolationconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa75.10extrapolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa74.18extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa74.08extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa73.70interpolationconsumption
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa72.70extrapolationconsumption

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Equatorial Guinea99.54
  2. Eswatini93.68
  3. China91.25
  4. Mali91.14
  5. Mozambique90.70

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Romaniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Polandshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 168 in both
  • 59 · 82rose · fell
  • 27unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1984.

  • 150 distinct values among 168

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 15 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 168 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1984). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1984

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest poverty, line-up estimates ($3.00 a day) in Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984?

Equatorial Guinea, at 99.54, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984 cover?

168.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1984 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024.

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