Benin - Poverty headcount ratio
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 51.40 |
| 2011 | 53.20 |
| 2015 | 49.60 |
| 2018 | 19.20 |
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 79.80 |
| 2011 | 76.80 |
| 2015 | 76.20 |
| 2018 | 51.30 |
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Benin was 38.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.10 in 2015 and a minimum value of 33.00 in 2007.
Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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| Year | Value |
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| 2006 | 37.50 |
| 2007 | 33.00 |
| 2010 | 35.20 |
| 2011 | 36.20 |
| 2015 | 40.10 |
| 2019 | 38.50 |
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 93.80 |
| 2011 | 90.10 |
| 2015 | 90.60 |
| 2018 | 79.30 |
Classification
Topic: Poverty Indicators
Sub-Topic: Poverty rates
