COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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Figure 8: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day in Lower-Middle Income OIC Member
Countries (PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2016a.
Note: Data for Egypt, Jordan, Guyana, Syria and Yemen are not available. Also latest data between 2002 and
2014 is used.
Low Income OIC Member Countries
Low income refers to an income (GNI per capita; Current US$) level that is US$1,005 or less. In
this regard, the low income OIC Member Countries are Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad,
Comoros, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Sierra-Leone,
Somalia, Togo and Uganda.
In the low income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary between $978
and $2,568 . One third of these countries have GDP per capita levels which are lower
than $1,500, namely Niger, Mozambique, Togo, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
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