Sub-Saharan Africa Poverty Rate

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Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2019 was 87.60%, a 0.1% increase from 2018.

Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2018 was 87.50%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2017 was 87.40%, a 0% increase from 2016.
Sub-Saharan Africa poverty rate for 2016 was 87.40%, a 0.1% increase from 2015.

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Sub-Saharan Africa Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1990 - 2019.