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Extreme Poverty Rate by African country

2024

Share of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 international prices.

Africa, 20241 of 54 countries
5.1%population-weighted average
Highest in 2024Comoros · 5.1%Lowest in 2024Comoros · 5.1%Reported in 20241 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — no dataEgypt — no dataLibya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth AfricaSouth Africa2024HIGHEST IN 2024Comorosnot drawn5.1%LOWEST IN 2024Comorosnot drawn5.1%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataNigeriano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of population · quintiles of the observed range5.1%5.1%5.1%5.1%5.1%5.1%no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Eastern Africa1 of 18 countries5.1%
Northern Africa0 of 6 countries—
Western Africa0 of 16 countries—
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 1 with a 2024 figure5.1%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
53 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 48 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Extreme Poverty RateShare of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 international prices.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of population
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1980–2024
Coverage1 of 54 countries · 1 reported, 0 modelled, 53 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 1 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Extreme Poverty Rate". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/extreme-poverty
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=poverty_headcount_215_pct&year=2024&limit=100

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Extreme Poverty Rate: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

3 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryExtreme Poverty RatePeriod
1Uganda54.4%2023
2Rwanda38.6%2023
3Comoros5.1%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 3 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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