Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Africa Ranking

percent living on less than 1.90 usd a daySource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Madagascar	78.8	2012	4	78.2
2 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	77.2	2012	1	94.3
3 ↑	Malawi	73.5	2019	6	69.2
4 ↓	Burundi	72.8	2013	3	78.6
5 ↑	Somalia	68.6	2017	49
6 ↓	Central African Republic	65.9	2008	2	84.1
7 ↓	Mozambique	63.7	2014	5	69.7
8	Zambia	58.7	2015	8	65.8
9 ↑	Rwanda	56.5	2016	10	57.9
10 ↑	Tanzania	49.4	2018	16	49.4
11 ↑	Liberia	44.4	2016	21	41.7
12	Sierra Leone	43	2018	12	54.7
13 ↑	Niger	41.4	2018	17	45.4
14 ↑	Uganda	41	2019	22	41.3
15 ↓	Republic of the Congo	39.6	2011	11	55.1
16 ↑	Zimbabwe	39.5	2019	29	33.9
17 ↑	Nigeria	39.1	2018	23	40.7
18	Kenya	37.1	2015	18	43.9
19 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	35.6	2017	28	34.6
20 ↓	Burkina Faso	33.7	2018	19	43.8
21 ↑	Chad	33.2	2018	25	38.1
22 ↑	Ethiopia	30.8	2015	27	35.6
23 ↓	Swaziland	29.2	2016	20	43
24 ↓	Lesotho	27.2	2017	9	61.9
25 ↑	Cameroon	26	2014	30	31.8
26 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	24.7	2018	7	68.4
27 ↓	Togo	24.1	2018	13	51.1
28 ↓	Guinea	23.2	2018	26	36.1
29 ↓	Benin	19.2	2018	15	49.6
30 ↑	Comoros	19.1	2014	38	15
31 ↑	South Africa	18.7	2014	36	16.2
32 ↑	Djibouti	17	2017	34	22.3
33 ↓	Mali	16.3	2018	14	50.3
34 ↑	Botswana	14.5	2015	35	17.2
35 ↓	Namibia	13.8	2015	33	23.5
36 ↑	Ghana	12.7	2016	39	11.2
37	Sudan	12.2	2014	37	15.7
38 ↓	Gambia	10.3	2015	32	25.4
39 ↓	Ivory Coast	9.2	2018	31	29.8
40 ↓	Senegal	7.6	2018	24	38.5
41 ↓	Mauritania	6	2014	40	10.9
42 ↑	Egypt	3.8	2017	46	1.6
43 ↓	Cape Verde	3.4	2015	41	8.4
43 ↓	Gabon	3.4	2017	42	8
45 ↓	Morocco	0.9	2013	44	3
46 ↑	Seychelles	0.5	2018	47	1.2
47 ↓	Algeria	0.4	2011	43	5.6
48 ↓	Tunisia	0.2	2015	45	2
48	Mauritius	0.2	2017	48	0.6

Definition of Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.