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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 85.32; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 3.35. Against 2019, 158 values changed (112 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2020

HighestDR Congo

85.32

Lowest12 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa85.32surveyconsumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa81.82extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa81.69interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa75.72extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa74.23interpolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa71.80interpolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa70.95interpolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa70.11interpolationconsumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia66.27extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa60.10interpolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa59.52interpolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa58.22interpolationconsumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa52.32extrapolationconsumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa50.21extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa50.04extrapolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia46.61extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa46.53extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa45.68interpolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia45.02extrapolationconsumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa44.43surveyconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa43.83extrapolationconsumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa41.98extrapolationconsumption
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa41.68extrapolationconsumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa41.42interpolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean41.40extrapolationconsumption

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo85.32
  2. South Sudan81.82
  3. Mozambique81.69
  4. Malawi75.72
  5. Burundi74.23

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Romaniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Maldivesshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.35. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 171 in both
  • 112 · 46rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

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 2020.

  • 143 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 12 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 (2020). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2020

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020: 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, 2020?

DR Congo, at 85.32, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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