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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998 covers 170 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 93.54; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 17.56. Against 1997, 156 values changed (54 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1998

HighestDR Congo

93.54

Lowest7 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa93.54extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa87.60interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa87.40interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa86.70interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa86.44surveyconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia85.72extrapolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa84.86extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa83.90interpolationconsumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia82.83surveyconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa81.26interpolationconsumption
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia80.81extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa79.97interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia79.80surveyconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa79.46interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa78.19interpolationconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa78.00surveyconsumption
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa76.36extrapolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa76.30extrapolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.12extrapolationincome
BeninBENWestern Africa73.75extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa73.50interpolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa71.49extrapolationconsumption
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa70.49interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia70.24extrapolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa68.45interpolationconsumption

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo93.54
  2. Mozambique87.60
  3. Burundi87.40
  4. Niger86.70
  5. Burkina Faso86.44

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Luxembourgshared0.00
  5. Croatiashared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.56. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 170 in both
  • 54 · 102rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

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 1998.

  • 158 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 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 (1998). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1998

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998: 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, 1998?

DR Congo, at 93.54, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998 cover?

170.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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