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Poverty Ratio

18.7
percent living on less than 1.90 usd a day
Source: IMF

Global Ranking

34
Guinea23.2
35
India22.5
36
Suriname21.1
37
Benin19.2
38
Comoros19.1
39
South Africa18.7
40
Yemen18.3
41
Djibouti17
42
Mali16.3
43
Micronesia15.4
44
Nepal15

Africa Ranking

26
Guinea-Bissau24.7
27
Togo24.1
28
Guinea23.2
29
Benin19.2
30
Comoros19.1
31
South Africa18.7
32
Djibouti17
33
Mali16.3
34
Botswana14.5
35
Namibia13.8
36
Ghana12.7

Definition of Poverty Ratio

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.

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