COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Mozambique Poverty Headcount
Mozambique poverty headcount: latest available value for 2022, historical series from 2019, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65,00 | -3,20 |
| 2019 | 68,20 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesMozambique recorded 65,00 percent in 2022, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2019, the poverty headcount decreased by 3,20.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 2 observations from 2019 to 2022, the average was 66,60; the minimum was 65,00 in 2022 and the maximum was 68,20 in 2019.
Mozambique ranks 157 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Low income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.