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Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

73.2
percent living on less than 5.50 usd a day
Source: IMF

Global Ranking

36
Haiti78.6
37
Togo78
38
Mali77.8
39
Pakistan76.2
40
Lesotho73.2
41
Gambia72.7
42
Egypt72.6
43
Swaziland72
44
Cameroon71
45
Laos70.4

Africa Ranking

24
Burkina Faso80
25
Benin79.3
25
Sudan79.3
27
Togo78
28
Mali77.8
29
Lesotho73.2
30
Gambia72.7
31
Egypt72.6
32
Swaziland72
33
Cameroon71
34
Djibouti70.2

Definition of Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

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