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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999 covers 170 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 94.26; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 17.49. Against 1998, 157 values changed (65 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 1999

HighestDR Congo

94.26

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.26extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa87.54interpolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa87.46interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa87.02interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia86.52interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa85.28interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa84.32extrapolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia83.13extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa82.00interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia81.61extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa80.08interpolationconsumption
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia79.44surveyconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa78.94interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa78.52surveyconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa76.94extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa76.89interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.06extrapolationincome
BeninBENWestern Africa72.90extrapolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa72.90extrapolationconsumption
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa70.28extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa68.88interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa68.09interpolationconsumption
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa67.68interpolationconsumption
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia67.54extrapolationconsumption
GambiaGMBWestern Africa67.42interpolationconsumption

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo94.26
  2. Burundi87.54
  3. Mozambique87.46
  4. Niger87.02
  5. Uzbekistan86.52

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Luxembourgshared0.00
  5. Croatiashared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 170 in both
  • 65 · 92rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

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 1999.

  • 153 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 (1999). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/1999

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999: 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, 1999?

DR Congo, at 94.26, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999 cover?

170.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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