Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2023

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2023: 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
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	83.22	extrapolation	consumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	82.84	extrapolation	consumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	80.96	extrapolation	consumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	75.85	extrapolation	consumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	73.96	extrapolation	consumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	71.42	extrapolation	consumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	71.08	extrapolation	consumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia	70.24	extrapolation	consumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	68.32	extrapolation	consumption
NigerNERWestern Africa	59.01	extrapolation	consumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	54.62	interpolation	consumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	51.04	extrapolation	consumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	48.60	extrapolation	consumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	48.20	extrapolation	consumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	47.91	extrapolation	consumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	45.58	extrapolation	consumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	45.42	extrapolation	consumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa	44.84	extrapolation	consumption
HaitiHTICaribbean	44.46	extrapolation	consumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	43.76	extrapolation	consumption
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	42.78	interpolation	consumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	42.49	extrapolation	consumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	42.48	extrapolation	consumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	41.90	extrapolation	consumption
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	41.69	extrapolation	consumption

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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