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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005

2005, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 94.76; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 11.76. Against 2004, 164 values changed (47 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2005

HighestDR Congo

94.76

Lowest6 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa94.76interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia92.04extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa85.68interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa83.86surveyconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa82.94interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa75.50interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean75.21extrapolationincome
MalawiMWIEastern Africa74.41interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa73.36interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa71.89interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa71.05interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa70.39interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa69.41interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa69.06interpolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa68.63interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa68.50interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa67.49extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa66.50interpolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa64.80interpolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa64.12extrapolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia62.88extrapolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa61.72interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa61.20interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia61.17interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia61.03interpolationconsumption

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo94.76
  2. Uzbekistan92.04
  3. Mozambique85.68
  4. Niger83.86
  5. Burundi82.94

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Croatiashared0.00
  5. Azerbaijanshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 11.76. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 164values changed, of 171 in both
  • 47 · 117rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

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 2005.

  • 159 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 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 (2005). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2005

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005: 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, 2005?

DR Congo, at 94.76, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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