Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Guinea in 2018 — 76.6%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 93. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 23.4 pp.

2018 76.6% −7.2 pp vs 2012
World rank 78of 93
Period maximum 100%1991
Period minimum 76.6%2018

Trend over time

1991–2018 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea, 1991–201870809010019911994199720002003200620092012201520181991: 100%1994: 82.7%2002: 90.9%2007: 88.8%2012: 83.8%2018: 76.6%
Change over the period: −23.4 pp Annual average: -0.87 pp

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea

Guinea 76.6%
World 50.4%
Western Africa computed 87.16%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 76.6
2012 83.8
2007 88.8
2002 90.9
1994 82.7
1991 100

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.