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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000

2000, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 95.12; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 16.14. Against 1999, 161 values changed (64 up, 97 down), 1 country joined.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2000

HighestDR Congo

95.12

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, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 171 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.12extrapolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia93.76surveyconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa87.89interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa87.18interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa86.98interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa86.64interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa83.04extrapolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa82.64interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa82.02interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa80.60interpolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia79.48extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa76.80interpolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa75.69extrapolationconsumption
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia74.94interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.48extrapolationincome
ChadTCDMiddle Africa74.29extrapolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa72.04extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa70.72interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa70.46interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa67.63interpolationconsumption
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia66.17surveyconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa66.12interpolationconsumption
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa66.02extrapolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa65.90interpolationconsumption
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia65.67surveyconsumption

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo95.12
  2. Uzbekistan93.76
  3. Mozambique87.89
  4. Niger87.18
  5. Burundi86.98

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Sloveniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Luxembourgshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 161values changed, of 170 in both
  • 64 · 97rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kosovo

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 2000.

  • 158 distinct values among 171

    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 171 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 (2000). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2000

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000: 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, 2000?

DR Congo, at 95.12, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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