Survey mean consumption or income per capita, total population (2011 PPP $ per day) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Mean consumption or income per capita (2011 PPP $ per day) used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of total population.

Source: World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) circa 2011-2016 (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Seychelles 20.33 2018
2 Mauritius 13.62 2017
3 South Africa 11.18 2014
4 Tunisia 11.17 2015
5 Namibia 11.02 2015
6 Botswana 7.97 2015
7 Ghana 6.78 2016
8 Mauritania 5.74 2014
9 Eswatini 5.73 2016
10 Egypt 5.06 2017
11 Cameroon 5.05 2014
12 The Gambia 4.89 2015
13 Zimbabwe 3.92 2017
14 Côte d'Ivoire 3.72 2015
15 Congo 3.65 2011
16 Uganda 3.18 2019
17 Senegal 3.12 2011
18 Ethiopia 3.11 2015
19 Zambia 2.87 2015
20 Guinea 2.84 2012
21 Burkina Faso 2.75 2014
21 Sierra Leone 2.75 2018
23 Tanzania 2.72 2018
24 Benin 2.71 2015
25 Togo 2.64 2015
26 Mozambique 2.60 2014
27 Niger 2.57 2014
28 Rwanda 2.54 2016
29 Mali 2.36 2009
30 Malawi 1.71 2019
31 Dem. Rep. Congo 1.50 2012
32 Madagascar 1.49 2012

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Limitations and Exceptions: Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.

Unit of Measure: 2011 PPP $

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in PovcalNet. The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per