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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006

2006, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 93.80; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 9.42. Against 2005, 160 values changed (33 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2006

HighestDR Congo

93.80

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa93.80interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia91.22extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa84.00interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa83.12interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa81.51surveyconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean74.86extrapolationincome
MalawiMWIEastern Africa74.29interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa73.99interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa71.98interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa71.07interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa70.42interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa70.35interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa70.06interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa68.18interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa67.66surveyconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa66.31interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa65.44interpolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa64.05interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia64.03interpolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa62.86extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa62.12interpolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia61.21interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa60.20interpolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa60.06interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia59.16interpolationconsumption

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo93.80
  2. Uzbekistan91.22
  3. Mozambique84.00
  4. Niger83.12
  5. Burundi81.51

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Luxembourgshared0.00
  5. Germanyshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 9.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 171 in both
  • 33 · 127rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

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 2006.

  • 152 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 (2006). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2006

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006: 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, 2006?

DR Congo, at 93.80, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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