Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

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Zimbabwe is the top country by poverty ratio at $1.9 a day in the world. As of 2019, poverty ratio at $1.9 a day in Zimbabwe was 39.5 %. The top 5 countries also includes Honduras, Colombia, Brazil, and Georgia.

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What is poverty ratio at $1.9 a day?

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.