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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993

1993, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993 covers 170 countries. Equatorial Guinea is highest, at 99.28; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 16.44. Against 1992, 159 values changed (84 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1993

HighestEquatorial Guinea

99.28

Lowest9 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, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa99.28extrapolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia91.33extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa90.40extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa90.04extrapolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa89.78extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa88.45interpolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa88.35extrapolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa88.28extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa87.62extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa85.25interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa84.96extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa84.34interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa82.37interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa79.90interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia78.59extrapolationconsumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia78.00surveyconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa77.52extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa77.48interpolationconsumption
ChinaCHNEastern Asia77.28surveyconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa75.88interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa75.76extrapolationconsumption
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa75.76extrapolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa74.29interpolationconsumption
NepalNPLSouthern Asia74.25extrapolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.10extrapolationincome

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Equatorial Guinea99.28
  2. Myanmar91.33
  3. DR Congo90.40
  4. Eswatini90.04
  5. Mali89.78

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared0.00
  2. Qatarshared0.00
  3. Polandshared0.00
  4. Latviashared0.00
  5. Luxembourgshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 170 in both
  • 84 · 75rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

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 1993.

  • 157 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 9 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 170 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 (1993). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1993

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993: 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, 1993?

Equatorial Guinea, at 99.28, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993 cover?

170.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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