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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 83.89; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 2.76. Against 2018, 155 values changed (53 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2019

HighestDR Congo

83.89

Lowest10 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa83.89interpolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa79.74interpolationconsumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa79.56extrapolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa74.66interpolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa73.62interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa70.20interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa70.00interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa66.29interpolationconsumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia61.52extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa59.50interpolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa59.02interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa55.02interpolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa49.68extrapolationconsumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa49.22surveyconsumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa46.76extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa46.54interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia44.78extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa43.57extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa42.74extrapolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia42.12extrapolationconsumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa41.12interpolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa41.00interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean40.12extrapolationconsumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa40.08extrapolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa39.92extrapolationconsumption

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo83.89
  2. Mozambique79.74
  3. South Sudan79.56
  4. Malawi74.66
  5. Burundi73.62

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Romaniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Algeriashared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.76. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 171 in both
  • 53 · 102rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

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 2019.

  • 143 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 10 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 (2019). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2019

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019: 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, 2019?

DR Congo, at 83.89, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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