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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022

2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022 covers 171 countries. DR Congo is highest, at 83.66; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 2.82. Against 2021, 155 values changed (46 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2022

HighestDR Congo

83.66

Lowest13 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa83.66extrapolationconsumption
South SudanSSDEastern Africa83.24extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa81.42interpolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa75.70extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa74.20extrapolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa71.66surveyconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa71.21extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa69.08extrapolationconsumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia68.44extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa58.11extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa56.29interpolationconsumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa50.93extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa49.04extrapolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia48.89extrapolationconsumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.88extrapolationconsumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa47.58interpolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia46.20extrapolationconsumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa45.94interpolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa45.66extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa43.51extrapolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean43.40extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa42.24extrapolationconsumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa42.01extrapolationconsumption
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa41.36interpolationconsumption
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa39.55extrapolationconsumption

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. DR Congo83.66
  2. South Sudan83.24
  3. Mozambique81.42
  4. Malawi75.70
  5. Burundi74.20

Lowest

  1. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  2. Sloveniashared0.00
  3. Qatarshared0.00
  4. Malaysiashared0.00
  5. Maldivesshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 171 in both
  • 46 · 109rose · 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 2022.

  • 142 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 13 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 (2022). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2022

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022: 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, 2022?

DR Congo, at 83.66, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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