COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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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$3,955. In this regard, the lower-middle income OIC Member Countries are
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania,
Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
In the lower-middle income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary
between $2,508 and $11,612. 12 out of 19 countries in this group have GDP per capita levels
which are lower than $6,000, namely Yemen, Palestine, Tajikistan, Cameroon, Djibouti,
Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Sudan, Pakistan, Nigeria; less than half have
a GDP per capita level which is higher than $6,000, namely Jordan, Guyana, Morocco, Egypt,
Uzbekistan and Indonesia .
Figure 7: GDP per capita in the Lower-Middle Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current
Int.$), 2016
Source: The World Bank, 2016a.
Note: Data for Syria is not available. Also data used for Djibouti belongs to 2015.
Poverty headcount ratios of the lower-middle income countries display a highly diverse picture.
While this ratio is lower than 5 percent in only four countries (Palestine, Egypt, Syria and
Morocco), it is between 5 percent and 30 percent in nine countries (Cameroon, Indonesia,
Yemen, Djibouti, Sudan, Pakistan, Mauritania, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan), and higher than 30
percent in four countries (Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Bangladesh and Nigeria) .
11.612
11.132
9.050
7.838
6.514
5.867
5.249
4.730
3.854
3.720
3.581
3.551
3.342
3.286
2.980
2.943
2.508
0 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 10.000 12.000 14.000
Indonesia
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Jordan
Morocco
Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Pakistan
Sudan
Mauritania
Cote d'Ivoire
Bangladesh
Kyrgyz Republic
Djibouti
Cameroon
Tajikistan
Palestine
Yemen, Rep.