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The poverty line for lower middle-income countries (LMICs) has moved to US$3.65 from US$3.20, while the poverty line for upper middle-income countries (UMICs) has moved to US$6.85 from US$5.50. [6] The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6.85 ...
Countries in Africa are sorted according to data from the International Monetary Fund. [1] The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. [2]
This is a list of the African nations ranked by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Figures are given in international dollars according to the International Monetary Fund.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The world's 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural ...
Map of countries and territories by fertility rate as of 2020. A segment of Africa's population receive low wages or do not have stable employment. Real wages increased from 2006 to 2017, but the continent's average real wages has since been declining. [24] As many as 85% of people in Africa subsist on less than $5.50 per day. [25]
Markets across the world may have risen to record highs in 2013's run-up, but the great gains made by investors, companies, and leading economies haven't extended around the entire globe. Many ...
Western Africa: Lower middle income 35.3 2021 37.17 2019 Cameroon: Middle Africa: Lower middle income 42.2 2021 46.64 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo: Middle Africa: Low income 44.7 2020 Republic of the Congo: Middle Africa: Lower middle income 48.9 2011 48.94 2012 Colombia: South America: Upper middle income 54.8 2022 52.90
Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Seychelles is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category. Somalia has the lowest HDI in both Africa and the world according to the list.