What is the difference in goal 1: no poverty between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?

0 5 year moving average, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: GOAL 1: No Poverty

Bangladesh

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Sri Lanka

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

1st

Sri Lanka rank

1st

GOAL 1: No Poverty over time

Bangladesh
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0 5 year moving average.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 215 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.5975 5 year moving average	0.6525 5 year moving average	0.055 5 year moving average	Sri Lanka
2010s	0.6477 5 year moving average	0.8593 5 year moving average	0.2116 5 year moving average	Sri Lanka
2020s	0.799 5 year moving average	0.866 5 year moving average	0.067 5 year moving average	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goal 1: no poverty, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka?: Bangladesh, at 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in goal 1: no poverty between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?: 0 5 year moving average, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rank globally for goal 1: no poverty?: Bangladesh ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: GOAL 1: No Poverty (5 year moving average)
Unit: 5 year moving average
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

SDG Goal 1 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database