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Poverty ($3/day)

48 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Latest reported period varies by country — dates shown

Rank Country Value lowest first As of vs previous
1 🇨🇩 DR Congo 85.3% 2020 — + compare
2 🇲🇿 Mozambique 81.4% 2022 ↓ 0.2 pts + compare
3 🇸🇸 South Sudan 76.5% 2016 — + compare
4 🇲🇼 Malawi 75.4% 2019 ↑ 3.7 pts + compare
5 🇧🇮 Burundi 74.2% 2020 — + compare
6 🇿🇲 Zambia 71.7% 2022 ↑ 3.8 pts + compare
7 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 71.6% 2021 — + compare
8 🇲🇬 Madagascar 69.2% 2021 — + compare
9 🇳🇪 Niger 60.5% 2021 ↑ 1.5 pts + compare
10 🇺🇬 Uganda 59.8% 2019 ↓ 0.3 pts + compare
11 🇹🇿 Tanzania 51.3% 2018 — + compare
12 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 49.2% 2019 ↑ 4.5 pts + compare
13 🇰🇪 Kenya 45.5% 2022 ↓ 0.9 pts + compare
14 🇸🇿 Eswatini 44.5% 2016 — + compare
15 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 42.1% 2021 ↓ 5.6 pts + compare
16 🇱🇸 Lesotho 41.9% 2017 — + compare
17 🇳🇬 Nigeria 41.8% 2022 ↑ 7.6 pts + compare
18 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 41.5% 2018 — + compare
19 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 39.9% 2021 ↑ 2.8 pts + compare
20 🇹🇩 Chad 39.5% 2022 ↓ 2.4 pts + compare
21 🇦🇴 Angola 39.3% 2018 — + compare
22 🇬🇭 Ghana 39% 2016 — + compare
23 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 38.6% 2021 ↑ 5.6 pts + compare
24 🇷🇼 Rwanda 38.6% 2023 ↓ 25.2 pts + compare
25 🇲🇱 Mali 36.1% 2021 ↑ 6.7 pts + compare
26 🇹🇬 Togo 34.7% 2021 ↓ 0.6 pts + compare
27 🇱🇷 Liberia 33.6% 2016 ↑ 1.9 pts + compare
28 🇧🇯 Benin 27.2% 2021 ↓ 10 pts + compare
29 🇨🇲 Cameroon 26.7% 2021 ↓ 2.3 pts + compare
30 🇩🇯 Djibouti 25.4% 2017 — + compare
31 🇳🇦 Namibia 22.9% 2015 — + compare
32 🇬🇲 Gambia 22% 2020 ↑ 4.9 pts + compare
33 🇧🇼 Botswana 21.4% 2015 — + compare
34 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 20.8% 2021 ↓ 0.9 pts + compare
35 🇸🇳 Senegal 17.9% 2021 ↓ 1.2 pts + compare
36 🇿🇦 South Africa 17.4% 2022 ↓ 10.5 pts + compare
37 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 14.6% 2015 — + compare
38 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 13% 2017 — + compare
39 🇬🇳 Guinea 11.7% 2018 — + compare
40 🇲🇷 Mauritania 10.2% 2019 ↓ 1.5 pts + compare
41 🇸🇩 Sudan 10.1% 2014 — + compare
42 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 8.8% 2022 — + compare
43 🇰🇲 Comoros 5.1% 2024 ↓ 3.8 pts + compare
44 🇬🇦 Gabon 3.8% 2017 — + compare
45 🇪🇬 Egypt 1.4% 2021 ↓ 0.6 pts + compare
46 🇸🇨 Seychelles 0.7% 2018 — + compare
47 🇹🇳 Tunisia 0.7% 2021 → 0 + compare
48 🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.5% 2017 — + compare
Median 37.35% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.