COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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Poverty headcount ratios of the lower-middle income countries display a highly diverse picture.
While this ratio is lower than 5 percent in only six countries (Pakistan, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt,
Morocco and Palestine), it is between 5 percent and 30 percent in seven countries (Cote d’Ivoire,
Cameroon, Djibouti, Sudan, Bangladesh, Mauritania and Indonesia), and 53,5 percent in Nigeria
.
Figure 8: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day in Lower-Middle Income OIC Member
Countries (PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2018b.
Note: Data for Uzbekistan is not available. Also, latest data between 2009 and 2017 are used.
Low Income OIC Member Countries
Low income refers to an income (GNI per capita; Current US$) level that is US$1,005 or less. In
this regard, the low income OIC Member Countries are Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad,
Comoros, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Sierra-Leone,
Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo , Uganda and Yemen.
In the low income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary between $1017
and $3,180 . One third of these countries have GDP per capita levels which are lower
than $1,600, namely, Niger, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Comoros, Togo and Yemen.
Figure 9: GDP per-capita in Low Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current Int. $) 2017
Source: The World Bank, 2018a.
Note: Data for Somalia and Syria are not available. Also, data used for Yemen belongs to 2016.
53,50
28,20
23,80 22,50
14,90 14,80
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10,00
20,00
30,00
40,00
50,00
60,00
3.180
2.712
2.266
2.211
2.195
1.981
1.941
1.870
1.864
1.715
1.700
1.595
1.570
1.552
1.526
1.247
1.017
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Tajikistan
Senegal
Benin
Mali
Guinea
Afghanistan
Chad
Burkina Faso
Uganda
Gambia, The
Guinea-Bissau
Yemen, Rep.
Togo
Comoros
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
Niger