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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009 covers 172 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 90.04; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 8.41. Against 2008, 158 values changed (73 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2009

HighestDR Congo

90.04

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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 172 countries · select a heading to sort

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa90.04interpolationconsumption
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia87.58extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa80.86interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa80.18interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa79.90interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa74.80interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa73.13interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa71.84interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa71.74interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa68.43interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa67.49interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa67.18surveyconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa64.66interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa64.66interpolationconsumption
MaliMLIWestern Africa64.07interpolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa63.58interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa62.37interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa58.34interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa58.14interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa55.47interpolationconsumption
GhanaGHAWestern Africa54.92interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia54.45interpolationconsumption
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa53.16interpolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia53.15interpolationconsumption
SenegalSENWestern Africa52.93interpolationconsumption

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo90.04
  2. Uzbekistan87.58
  3. Mozambique80.86
  4. Niger80.18
  5. Burundi79.90

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Syriashared0.00
  3. Slovakiashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Montenegroshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 172 in both
  • 73 · 85rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

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 2009.

  • 147 distinct values among 172

    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 172 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 (2009). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2009

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009: 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, 2009?

DR Congo, at 90.04, of the 172 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009 cover?

172.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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