COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Rwanda Poverty Headcount
Rwanda poverty headcount: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2023, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27,40 | — |
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 seriesRwanda recorded 27,40 percent in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Across 1 observations from 2023 to 2023, the average was 27,40; the minimum was 27,40 in 2023 and the maximum was 27,40 in 2023.
Rwanda ranks 104 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.