COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 9: GDP per-capita in Low Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current Int. US$), 2018
Source: The World Bank, 2019.
Note: Data for Somalia and Syria are not available.
Poverty headcount ratios of the low income countries are very high in general. In fact, all the
countries in this income group have poverty headcount ratios at US$1.90 a day higher than 35
percent except Yemen, Gambia and Tajikistan (Figure 10).
Figure 10: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Low
Income OIC Member Countries
Source: The World Bank, 2019.
Note: Data for Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria are not available. Also, latest data between 2007 and 2017 are used.
3444
2630
2571
2420
2313
2033
1975
1965
1952
1796
1761
1706
1604
1328
1048
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Tajikistan
Guinea
Yemen
Benin
Mali
Uganda
Burkina Faso
Chad
Afghanistan
Guinea-Bissau
Togo
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
Niger
67,1
62,4
52,2 49,7 49,5 49,2
44,5 43,7 41,7
38,4
35,3
18,8
10,1
4,8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80