Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2021

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Country	Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%)	How the Bank estimated this year	Survey measures
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	84.81	extrapolation	consumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	81.75	interpolation	consumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	81.28	extrapolation	consumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	75.28	extrapolation	consumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	73.98	extrapolation	consumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	71.65	interpolation	consumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	71.61	survey	consumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	69.51	interpolation	consumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia	67.92	extrapolation	consumption
NigerNERWestern Africa	62.12	interpolation	consumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	57.85	interpolation	consumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	52.17	interpolation	consumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	50.70	extrapolation	consumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	50.34	extrapolation	consumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	49.59	extrapolation	consumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	47.20	extrapolation	consumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa	46.45	survey	consumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	46.16	extrapolation	consumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	46.00	extrapolation	consumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	43.03	extrapolation	consumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	42.61	interpolation	consumption
HaitiHTICaribbean	42.30	extrapolation	consumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	42.28	extrapolation	consumption
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	41.14	interpolation	consumption
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	41.02	interpolation	consumption

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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