COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:

Human Development in OIC

In the low income group, GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) levels vary between

$1.186 and $2,428

(Figure 9)

. One third of these countries have GDP per capita levels which

are lower than $1,500, namely Niger, Mozambique, Togo, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.

Figure 9: GDP per-capita in Low Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current Int. $) 2015

Source: The World Bank, 2015a.

Note: Data for Somalia is not available

Also data used for Comoros and Gambia belong to 2014.

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 25

percent

(Figure 10)

Figure 10: Poverty Headcount Ratio at US$ 1.90 a day in the Low Income OIC Member

Countries (PPP) (%)

Source: The World Bank, 2015a.

Note: Data for Afghanistan and Somalia are not available. Also latest data between 2002 and 2012 is used.

2.428

2.171

2.110

1.934

1.825

1.659

1.636

1.591

1.460

1.453

1.435

1.207

1.186

954

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Mali

Chad

Benin

Afghanistan

Uganda

Burkina Faso

Gambia, The

Sierra Leone

Togo

Guinea-Bissau

Comoros

Guinea

Mozambique

Niger