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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024

2024, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024 covers 171 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 89.54; 14 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 2.10. Against 2023, 129 values changed (25 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates · Data for 2024

HighestSouth Sudan

89.54

Lowest14 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa89.54extrapolationconsumption
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa82.34extrapolationconsumption
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa81.12extrapolationconsumption
MalawiMWIEastern Africa76.14extrapolationconsumption
BurundiBDIEastern Africa73.52extrapolationconsumption
YemenYEMWestern Asia72.08extrapolationconsumption
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa72.04extrapolationconsumption
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa70.88extrapolationconsumption
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa67.65extrapolationconsumption
NigerNERWestern Africa54.96extrapolationconsumption
UgandaUGAEastern Africa53.14extrapolationconsumption
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa50.99extrapolationconsumption
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia50.46extrapolationconsumption
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia48.42extrapolationconsumption
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa47.92extrapolationconsumption
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa47.02extrapolationconsumption
HaitiHTICaribbean46.34extrapolationconsumption
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia44.90extrapolationconsumption
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa44.89extrapolationconsumption
KenyaKENEastern Africa43.36extrapolationconsumption
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa42.12extrapolationconsumption
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa41.46extrapolationconsumption
SudanSDNNorthern Africa41.36extrapolationconsumption
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa40.89extrapolationconsumption
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa40.56extrapolationconsumption

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan89.54
  2. DR Congo82.34
  3. Mozambique81.12
  4. Malawi76.14
  5. Burundi73.52

Lowest

  1. Taiwanshared0.00
  2. Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
  3. Sloveniashared0.00
  4. Qatarshared0.00
  5. Malaysiashared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 129values changed, of 171 in both
  • 25 · 104rose · fell
  • 42unchanged

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 2024.

  • 142 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 14 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 (2024). Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/poverty-headcount-lineup/2024

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07Questions

Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024: 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, 2024?

South Sudan, at 89.54, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024 cover?

171.

Where can I download Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up Estimates, 2024?

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, 2024 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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