Regional grouping :

Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Target 1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.90 a day

1.1.1 Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)


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Proportion of population below international poverty line//All age ranges or no breaks by age//All areas//Both sexes (%)

Country/Area grouping200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Angola...............14.6...........................31.1...............
Botswana..................17.7...............15.4........................
Burundi.........71.8..................65.1..............................
Cameroon............31.4..................25.7...........................
Cabo Verde............10.6.....................4.6........................
Central African Republic...............61.9.............................................
Chad57.8.....................36.6..................30.9...............
Comoros...14.6...........................18.6...........................
Congo......49.6...............35.4....................................
Democratic Republic of the Congo...91.5.....................69.7.................................
Benin53.1.....................54.3.........50.7......19.9...............
Ethiopia...34.6...............30.8............27.0........................
Djibouti...........................19.724.9.........19.1..................
Gabon......5.5.................................2.5..................
Gambia, the50.7..................29.8............13.4............17.2.........
Ghana......42.5..................25.7.........25.2.....................
Guinea............47.9............24.5...............13.8...............
Cote d'Ivoire...............34.4..................33.4......11.4...............
Kenya......36.7...........................29.4........................
Lesotho..........................................32.4..................
Liberia............53.3..................25.9...27.6.....................
Madagascar......74.2............80.2...80.7.................................
Malawi...68.9...............68.4...............65.7......70.1............
Mali.........49.7......48.2........................14.8...............
Mauritius.........0.3...............0.4............0.1..................
Mozambique...............70.8...............64.6...........................
Namibia35.9...............26.9...............15.6........................
Niger......80.5...78.9.........60.6......53.6.........50.6...............
Nigeria47.9..................34.9...33.8......32.3......30.9...............
Guinea-Bissau.....................66.7.....................21.7...............
Rwanda......66.1............59.2......53.7......52.0.....................
Sao Tome and Principe.....................22.6..................15.6..................
Senegal......41.1...............41.0..................9.3...............
Seychelles..............................1.2............0.5...............
Sierra Leone61.3.....................38.7..................26.1...............
Somalia..........................................71.0..................
South Africa......28.3......18.7...18.0.........20.5...........................
Zimbabwe........................21.6...............34.2...39.8............
Eswatini..................49.3..................36.1.....................
Togo.........61.0............58.9.........54.7......28.1...............
Uganda......58.0.........46.7......37.5.........42.7......42.2............
United Republic of Tanzania............56.2.........44.7..................44.9...............
Burkina Faso54.7...............52.6............39.6.........30.5...............
Zambia...61.1...64.7.........68.5............61.4........................
South Sudan..................34.5..................67.3.....................
Africa46.444.543.242.241.240.239.938.438.136.936.135.235.234.934.233.432.9............
Sub-Saharan Africa56.954.452.751.550.348.948.546.746.444.943.842.742.742.241.240.039.3............