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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003

2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 95.37; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.54. Against 2002, 156 values changed (55 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2003

HighestDR Congo

95.37

Lowest5 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa95.37extrapolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia93.34surveyconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa87.24interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa85.02interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa84.53interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa78.42interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa77.60interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa77.32interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.83extrapolationincome
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa74.48interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa73.66interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa73.58interpolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa72.59extrapolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa70.46surveyconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa70.23interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa69.64surveyconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa67.94interpolationconsumption
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia67.35extrapolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa66.70surveyconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia66.16extrapolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa65.26interpolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa65.17extrapolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia64.62interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa63.80extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa63.57interpolationconsumption

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo95.37
  2. Uzbekistan93.34
  3. Mozambique87.24
  4. Niger85.02
  5. Burundi84.53

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Czechiashared0.00
  5. United Arab Emiratesshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 171 in both
  • 55 · 101rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

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 2003.

  • 159 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 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 (2003). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2003

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003: 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, 2003?

DR Congo, at 95.37, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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