Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Republic of the Congo

Poverty at $6.85 a day in the Republic of the Congo in 2011 — 82.4%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 82. Since 2005, the indicator has fallen by 6.5 pp.

2011 82.4% −6.5 pp vs 2005
World rank 70of 82
Period maximum 88.9%2005
Period minimum 82.4%2011

Trend over time

2005–2011 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Republic of the Congo, 2005–2011828486889020052006200720082009201020112005: 88.9%2011: 82.4%
Change over the period: −6.5 pp Annual average: -1.08 pp

Comparison, 2011

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 82.4%
World 58.8%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2011 82.4
2005 88.9

Middle Africa, 2011

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CG Republic of the Congo 82.4 TD Chad 88.5

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.