COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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Figure 5: GDP per-capita (PPP, Current Int. $) in the Upper Middle-Income OIC Member Countries, 2016
Source: The World Bank, 2016a.
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 Gabon and Maldives the number of people
living under the poverty circumstances is relatively high .
Figure 6: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
(PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2016a.
Note: Data regarding poor population living below US$ 1.90 in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Suriname and
Turkmenistan is not calculated.
27.681
25.264
24.244
18.108
17.353
17.253
17.046
16.880
15.075
14.146
13.996
13.199
11.929
11.599
11.193
7.819
0 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000
Malaysia
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Gabon
Iraq
Azerbaijan
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Turkmenistan
Algeria
Suriname
Lebanon
Maldives
Albania
Tunisia
Libya
Guyana
7,97
7,26
1,99
1,06
0,49 0,33 0,28 0,08 0,04
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Gabon Maldives Tunisia Albania Azerbaijan Turkey Malaysia Iran,
Islamic
Rep.
Kazakhstan