COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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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$3,955. In this regard, the lower-middle income OIC Member Countries are
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania,
Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Comoros and Senegal. In the
lower-middle income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary between
$2,828 and $13,057. 11 out of 17 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, Nigeria, Comoros and Senegal; 5 countries have a GDP per capita level
which is higher than $6,000, namely Uzbekistan, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Indonesia (Figure
7).
Figure 7: GDP per capita in the Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current
Int.$), 2018
Source: The World Bank, 2019.
Note: Data for Djibouti is not available.
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 eight countries (Cote d’Ivoire,
Cameroon, Comoros, Djibouti, Sudan, Bangladesh, Mauritania and Indonesia), and 53.5 percent in
Nigeria (Figure 8).
13057
12484
12390
8587
7020
5980
5544
5148
4759
4364
4200
4190
3878
3776
3771
2828
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000
Indonesia
Tunisia
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Morocco
Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine
Sudan
Bangladesh
Cote d'Ivoire
Mauritania
Kyrgyz Republic
Senegal
Cameroon
Comoros