Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

Africa Ranking

percent living on less than 5.50 usd a daySource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Somalia	97.9	2017	49
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	97.9	2012	1	99.7
3	Madagascar	97.5	2012	3	97.5
4 ↑	Malawi	97.1	2019	5	96.6
5 ↓	Burundi	96.9	2013	2	98.4
6 ↑	Liberia	93.2	2016	9	94.1
7	Sierra Leone	92.7	2018	7	95
7 ↓	Central African Republic	92.7	2008	4	96.7
9 ↓	Mozambique	92.2	2014	6	96.3
10 ↑	Nigeria	92	2018	20	90.8
11 ↑	Rwanda	91.9	2016	14	92.6
12 ↓	Niger	91.8	2018	11	93.6
12 ↑	Tanzania	91.8	2018	18	91.8
14 ↓	Ethiopia	90.2	2015	11	93.6
15	Guinea	89.8	2018	15	92.5
16 ↑	Uganda	89	2019	26	87.6
17 ↑	Zambia	88.1	2015	19	91.1
18 ↑	Chad	87.9	2018	27	86.2
19 ↑	Kenya	86.6	2015	25	88.3
20 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	86.4	2017	13	92.8
21 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	86	2018	10	93.8
22 ↑	Republic of the Congo	83.9	2011	23	90.1
23 ↑	Zimbabwe	82.8	2019	31	81.3
24 ↓	Burkina Faso	80	2018	16	92.3
25 ↑	Sudan	79.3	2014	34	74.3
25 ↓	Benin	79.3	2018	22	90.6
27 ↓	Togo	78	2018	20	90.8
28 ↓	Mali	77.8	2018	7	95
29 ↓	Lesotho	73.2	2017	16	92.3
30 ↑	Gambia	72.7	2015	32	80.7
31 ↑	Egypt	72.6	2017	38	64.4
32 ↓	Swaziland	72	2016	29	82.3
33 ↓	Cameroon	71	2014	30	81.4
34 ↓	Djibouti	70.2	2017	33	74.5
35 ↓	Ivory Coast	67.4	2018	28	83.2
36 ↓	Senegal	66.8	2018	24	88.4
37	Comoros	64.6	2014	37	64.6
38 ↑	Botswana	59.1	2015	42	55.8
39 ↓	Mauritania	58.8	2014	36	64.9
40 ↑	South Africa	56.9	2014	41	56
41 ↓	Ghana	55.1	2016	39	58.8
42 ↓	Namibia	51	2015	35	68
43 ↑	Cape Verde	41.3	2015	44	53.7
44 ↓	Gabon	32.2	2017	40	56.1
45	Morocco	30.2	2013	45	47
46 ↓	Algeria	28.6	2011	43	54.6
47 ↓	Tunisia	17.5	2015	46	30.5
48 ↓	Mauritius	12.7	2017	47	17.9
49 ↓	Seychelles	5.2	2018	48	7

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.