COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:
Human Development in OIC
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Despite the fact that number of people living below US$1.90 among upper-middle income OIC
countries is very limited, in some member countries like Gabon and Iraq the number of people
living under the poverty circumstances is relatively high .
Figure 6: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$1.90 a day in Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
(PPP) (%)
Source: The World Bank, 2015a.
Note: Data regarding poor population living below US$ 1.90 in Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia Suriname and
Turkmenistan is not calculated.
Lower-Middle Income OIC Countries
Lower-middle income refers to an income level (GNI per capita; Current US$) that is between
US$1,026 and US$4,035. In this regard, the lower-middle income OIC Member Countries are
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan,
Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
and Yemen.
In the lower-middle income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary
between $2,431 and $11,035. 14 out of 18 countries in this group have GDP per capita levels
which are lower than $6,000, namely Senegal, Tajikistan, Cameroon, Djibuti, Bangladesh,
Kyrgyz Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Yemen Republic, Mauritania, Sudan, Palestine, Pakistan, Nigeria
and Uzbekistan; less than half have a GDP per capita level which is higher than $6,000, namely
Guyana, Morocco, Egypt and Indonesia .
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