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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986

1986, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986 covers 169 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 99.56; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 16.00. Against 1985, 145 values changed (56 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1986

HighestEquatorial Guinea

99.56

Lowest16 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, 1986, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 169 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa99.56extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa93.08extrapolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia91.06extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa90.98extrapolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa90.38extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa87.73extrapolationconsumption
GuineaGINWestern Africa87.25extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa86.81extrapolationconsumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia86.66interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa85.15extrapolationconsumption
ChinaCHNEastern Asia85.13interpolationincome
NepalNPLSouthern Asia81.86extrapolationincome
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia81.61extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa80.90extrapolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa80.65extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa79.52extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa78.40extrapolationconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa76.68extrapolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa76.51extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa76.26extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa75.56extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa75.38interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa75.16extrapolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia72.77extrapolationconsumption
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa70.13extrapolationconsumption

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Equatorial Guinea99.56
  2. Eswatini93.08
  3. Myanmar91.06
  4. Mozambique90.98
  5. Mali90.38

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Slovakiashared0.00
  4. Romaniashared0.00
  5. Qatarshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 169 in both
  • 56 · 89rose · fell
  • 24unchanged

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 1986.

  • 149 distinct values among 169

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 16 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 169 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 (1986). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1986

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986: 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, 1986?

Equatorial Guinea, at 99.56, of the 169 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986 cover?

169.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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