Availability of Comparable Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (5 year moving average) by country

Comparability data from World Bank's Povcalnet

Countries reporting
214
Highest
1 5 year moving average
Albania
Lowest
0 5 year moving average
South Africa
Median
0.5 5 year moving average
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
4,340

What the numbers show

Availability of Comparable Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (5 year moving average) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 1 5 year moving average in Albania; the lowest is 0 5 year moving average in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5 5 year moving average, and the mean is 0.4673 5 year moving average.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Availability of Comparable Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Argentina 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Australia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Austria 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Benin 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Burkina Faso 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Bulgaria 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Belarus 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bolivia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Canada 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Chile 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 China 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% rising
1 Colombia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Czechia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Germany 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Spain 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Finland 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Guinea-Bissau 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Greece 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Hungary 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Indonesia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Iran 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Iceland 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Japan 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Sri Lanka 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 North Macedonia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Mali 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
1 Malta 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Montenegro 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Mongolia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Malawi 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
1 Malaysia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Niger 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
1 Netherlands 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Norway 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Panama 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Peru 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Philippines 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Poland 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Romania 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Russia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Senegal 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
1 Singapore 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Slovenia 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Chad 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
1 Togo 1 5 year moving average 2023 up 100.0% volatile
1 Thailand 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Turkey 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
1 Ukraine 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 United States 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Vietnam 1 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 1 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 United Arab Emirates 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 Bhutan 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged volatile
91 Egypt 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 50.0% volatile
91 Ghana 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
91 Gambia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 Laos 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged falling
91 Liberia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 Myanmar 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 Mozambique 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
91 Mauritania 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged falling
91 Mauritius 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged volatile
91 Nigeria 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 50.0% volatile
91 Pakistan 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 50.0% falling
91 Palestine 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 50.0% falling
91 Rwanda 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 down 50.0% rising
91 Sierra Leone 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged volatile
91 Seychelles 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
91 Tunisia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged rising
91 Tanzania 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged volatile
91 Zambia 0.5 5 year moving average 2023 unchanged falling
111 Aruba 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Afghanistan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Angola 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Andorra 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 American Samoa 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Antigua and Barbuda 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Azerbaijan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Burundi 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Bangladesh 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% falling
111 Bahrain 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Bahamas 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Belize 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Bermuda 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Barbados 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Brunei 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Botswana 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Central African Republic 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Cameroon 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Congo 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Comoros 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Cape Verde 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Cuba 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Curacao 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Cayman Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Dominica 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Algeria 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Eritrea 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Ethiopia 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Fiji 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Faroe Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Micronesia (country) 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Gabon 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Gibraltar 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Guinea 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Equatorial Guinea 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Grenada 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Greenland 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Guatemala 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Guam 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Guyana 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Hong Kong 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Haiti 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Isle of Man 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 India 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Iraq 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Jordan 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Cambodia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Kiribati 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Kuwait 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Lebanon 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Libya 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Saint Lucia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Liechtenstein 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Lesotho 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Macao 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Saint Martin (French part) 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Morocco 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Monaco 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Madagascar 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Maldives 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Marshall Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Northern Mariana Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Namibia 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 New Caledonia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Nicaragua 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Nepal 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Nauru 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Oman 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Palau 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Papua New Guinea 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Puerto Rico 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 North Korea 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 French Polynesia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Qatar 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Saudi Arabia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Sudan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Solomon Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 San Marino 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Somalia 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 South Sudan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Sao Tome and Principe 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Suriname 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Eswatini 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Syria 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Tajikistan 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Turkmenistan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 East Timor 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Tonga 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Trinidad and Tobago 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Tuvalu 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Uzbekistan 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Venezuela 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 British Virgin Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 United States Virgin Islands 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Vanuatu 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” flat
111 Samoa 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Yemen 0 5 year moving average 2023 β€” volatile
111 South Africa 0 5 year moving average 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Availability of Comparable Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (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
217 places, 4,340 data points, 2004–2023
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Comparability data from World Bank's Povcalnet