Societal Poverty Rate, 2012 compilation

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Societal Poverty Rate, 2012 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Population below the societal poverty line (%)	Societal poverty line (2021 PPP $ a day)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	78.90	3.000	consumption	2012.4
2	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	67.32	3.000	consumption	2012.73
3	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	56.16	3.000	consumption	2012.45
4	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.99	3.056	consumption	2012.8
5	HaitiHTICaribbean · 2012 reading	41.93	3.097	consumption	2012
6	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	40.67	3.015	consumption	2012.79
7	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	40.30	3.145	consumption	2012.5
8	HondurasHNDCentral America · 2012 reading	37.32	4.440	income	2012
9	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2012 reading	35.62	3.695	consumption	2012
10	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	35.25	3.402	consumption	2012
11	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia · 2012 reading	35.17	3.959	income	2012
12	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2012 reading	33.00	4.130	consumption	2012
13	GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2012 reading	32.73	3.634	consumption	2012
14	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	32.63	3.600	consumption	2012.25
15	ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2012 reading	32.03	5.832	income	2012
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2012 reading	31.70	4.872	consumption	2012
17	BrazilBRASouth America · 2012 reading	29.20	8.017	income	2012
18	PeruPERSouth America · 2012 reading	29.13	6.428	income	2012
19	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2012 reading	28.29	7.988	income	2012
20	ParaguayPRYSouth America · 2012 reading	27.99	7.394	income	2012
=21	MexicoMEXCentral America · 2012 reading	27.94	5.947	income	2012
=21	PanamaPANCentral America · 2012 reading	27.94	8.617	income	2012
23	El SalvadorSLVCentral America · 2012 reading	27.85	5.215	income	2012
24	BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2012 reading	27.74	8.815	income	2012
25	EcuadorECUSouth America · 2012 reading	27.64	7.392	income	2012

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 21.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Societal poverty line (2021 PPP $ a day)

  HighestNorway37.524

  Lowest3 share it

  Middle country: 8.017

• +22 / −17countries joined / left
• 64values changed, of 65 in both
• 28 · 36rose · fell
• 1unchanged

+ Albania+ Bhutan+ DR Congo+ Djibouti+ Egypt+ Ghana+ Guinea+ Haiti+ Iraq+ South Korea+ Laos+ Sri Lanka+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Mauritius+ Nigeria+ Nauru+ Philippines+ Solomon Islands+ Serbia+ Uganda+ Vietnam− Benin− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Chile− Republic of the Congo− Algeria− India− Lebanon− Malaysia− Niger− Pakistan− Palestine− Senegal− Sierra Leone− Chad− Togo− Tanzania− Zimbabwe

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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