Number of people living on less than 2.15 USD a day in Africa in 2023, by selected country

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Release date

February 2026

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2023

Special properties

poverty line at 2.15 U.S. dollars a day

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Data as of 2011 for: Algeria and Congo (Congo Brazzaville).
Data as of 2013 for: Morocco.
Data as of 2014 for: Comoros, South Africa, and Sudan.
Data as of 2015 for: Botswana, Cape Verde, and Namibia.
Data as of 2016 for: Ghana, Liberia, South Sudan, and Swaziland.
Data as of 2017 for: Djibouti, Gabon, Lesotho, Mauritius, and Sao Tome and Principe.
Data as of 2018 for: Angola, Guinea, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.
Data as of 2019 for: Malawi, Mauritania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Data as of 2020 for: Burundi, Congo (Congo Kinshasa), and Gambia.
Data as of 2021 for: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia.
Data as of 2022 for: Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia.
Data as of 2023 for: Rwanda.

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Number of people living on less than 2.15 USD a day in Africa 2023, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 25, 2026
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