COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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Despite the fact that number of people living below US$1.90 among upper-middle income OIC
countries is very low, in some member countries like Maldives and Gabon the number of people
living under the poverty circumstances is relatively high .
Figure 6: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
(PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2018b.
Note: Data for Azerbaijan, Guyana, Libya and Suriname are not available. Also, data used in the figure vary for each
country between 2009 and 2017.
Lower-Middle Income OIC Countries
Lower-middle income refers to an income level (GNI per capita; Current US$) that is between
US$1,006 and US$3,955. In this regard, the lower-middle income OIC Member Countries are
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania,
Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.
In the lower-middle income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary
between $3,694 and $12,284. 9 out of 15 countries in this group have GDP per capita levels which
are lower than $6,000, namely, Cameroon, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Cote d’Ivoire,
Palestine, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria; 5 countries have a GDP per capita level which is higher
than $6,000, namely Uzbekistan, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Indonesia .
Figure 7: GDP per capita in the Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current
Int.$), 2017
Source: The World Bank, 2018a.
Note: Data for Djibouti is not available.
7,30
3,40
2,50
1,10
0,50 0,20 0,20 0,10 0,00 0,00
0,00
1,00
2,00
3,00
4,00
5,00
6,00
7,00
8,00
Maldives Gabon Iraq Albania Algeria Iran Turkey Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon
12.284
11.911
11.583
8.217
6.865
5.861
5.527
4.904
4.885
3.953
3.950
3.869
3.726
3.694
0 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 14.000
Indonesia
Tunisia
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Morocco
Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Pakistan
Sudan
Palestine
Cote d'Ivoire
Mauritania
Bangladesh
Kyrgyz Republic
Cameroon