Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1985

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Country	Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%)	How the Bank estimated this year	Survey measures
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	99.44	extrapolation	consumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	93.68	extrapolation	consumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	90.74	extrapolation	consumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	90.50	extrapolation	consumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa	90.04	extrapolation	consumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	88.43	extrapolation	consumption
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	87.90	interpolation	income
GuineaGINWestern Africa	87.36	extrapolation	consumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.10	extrapolation	consumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	86.56	interpolation	consumption
NigerNERWestern Africa	85.92	extrapolation	consumption
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	82.31	extrapolation	income
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	82.29	extrapolation	consumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	81.25	extrapolation	consumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	80.94	extrapolation	consumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	80.42	extrapolation	consumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	78.83	extrapolation	consumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	76.94	extrapolation	consumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	76.68	extrapolation	consumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa	76.55	extrapolation	consumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	75.32	extrapolation	consumption
BeninBENWestern Africa	75.00	extrapolation	consumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	74.75	interpolation	consumption
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	72.33	extrapolation	consumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	71.35	extrapolation	consumption

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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