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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 81.76; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 3.38. Against 2016, 152 values changed (49 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2017

HighestDR Congo

81.76

Lowest9 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa81.76interpolationconsumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa77.77extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa76.94interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa75.24interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa72.53interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa71.60interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa68.79interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa66.78interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa63.58interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa61.13interpolationconsumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia60.28extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa60.08interpolationconsumption
BeninBENWestern Africa55.88interpolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa52.14interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa51.12interpolationconsumption
TogoTGOWestern Africa48.72interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa46.39interpolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia46.38extrapolationconsumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa44.66surveyconsumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa44.64extrapolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia44.42extrapolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa44.41interpolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa43.92extrapolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa42.49interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa41.94interpolationconsumption

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo81.76
  2. South Sudan77.77
  3. Mozambique76.94
  4. Burundi75.24
  5. Malawi72.53

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Sloveniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Icelandshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 171 in both
  • 49 · 103rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

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 2017.

  • 148 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 9 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 (2017). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2017

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017: 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, 2017?

DR Congo, at 81.76, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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