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Aid, poverty & equality in Sub-Saharan Africa: how the countries rank

Aid received, poverty lines, inequality, hunger and women in parliament. 14 indicators for the 48 economies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Extreme poverty45.0%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 10.1%Poverty, $4.20/day63.2%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 18.2%Poverty, $8.30/day88.6%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 46.2%National poverty rate43.7%median countryGini index38.4median countryTop 10% income share30.0%median countryBottom 20% income share6.9%median countryUndernourishment22.3%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 8.1%
Extreme poverty
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0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020Sub-Saharan Africa45.0%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Poverty, $4.20/day
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0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020Sub-Saharan Africa63.2%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
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All 48 economies, aid, poverty & equality

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its aid, poverty & equality profile.

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CountryExtreme povertyPoverty, $4.20/dayPoverty, $8.30/dayNational poverty rateGini indexTop 10% income shareBottom 20% income shareUndernourishment
Democratic Republic of the Congo85.3%#1 · 202092.5%#1 · 202098.0%#1 · 202056.2%#7 · 202044.7#10 · 202035.7%#9 · 20205.5%#32 · 202039.5%#4 · 2024
Mozambique81.4%#2 · 202289.1%#2 · 202296.3%#6 · 202265.0%#4 · 202249.6#8 · 202240.8%#5 · 20224.7%#37 · 202222.3%#15 · 2024
South Sudan76.5%#3 · 201688.0%#3 · 201697.6%#2 · 201682.3%#1 · 201644.0#11 · 201633.0%#13 · 20164.9%#34 · 201619.1%#21 · 2024
Malawi75.4%#4 · 201987.3%#4 · 201997.1%#4 · 201947.3%#18 · 202438.5#22 · 201931.0%#19 · 20197.0%#21 · 201924.5%#11 · 2024
Burundi74.2%#5 · 202087.2%#5 · 202097.4%#3 · 202051.0%#13 · 202037.5#26 · 202029.9%#23 · 20207.1%#18 · 2020—
Zambia71.7%#6 · 202281.4%#8 · 202294.0%#9 · 202260.0%#5 · 202251.5#5 · 202239.1%#8 · 20223.9%#39 · 202241.0%#3 · 2024
Central African Republic71.6%#7 · 202183.9%#6 · 202196.1%#7 · 202168.8%#3 · 202143.0#13 · 202133.1%#11 · 20215.6%#31 · 202129.8%#8 · 2024
Madagascar69.2%#8 · 202183.9%#7 · 202196.6%#5 · 202175.2%#2 · 202136.8#29 · 202129.6%#25 · 20217.2%#16 · 202141.8%#2 · 2024
Niger60.5%#9 · 202179.7%#9 · 202196.1%#8 · 202141.2%#25 · 202132.9#39 · 202127.8%#34 · 20218.7%#2 · 202112.9%#29 · 2024
Uganda54.4%#10 · 202372.3%#10 · 202393.6%#10 · 202316.1%#44 · 202338.2#23 · 202329.3%#29 · 20236.6%#26 · 202320.9%#17 · 2024
Tanzania51.3%#11 · 201870.0%#11 · 201891.5%#14 · 201826.4%#38 · 201840.5#17 · 201833.1%#12 · 20186.9%#23 · 201819.1%#22 · 2024
Zimbabwe49.2%#12 · 201964.6%#15 · 201986.2%#24 · 201938.3%#27 · 201950.3#7 · 201940.5%#6 · 20194.8%#35 · 201918.4%#23 · 2024
Kenya45.5%#13 · 202265.5%#12 · 202290.1%#17 · 202239.8%#26 · 202238.5#21 · 202230.9%#20 · 20227.1%#19 · 202234.9%#6 · 2024
Eswatini44.5%#14 · 201658.3%#22 · 201679.3%#29 · 201653.5%#11 · 202354.6#3 · 201642.7%#3 · 20163.7%#42 · 201615.1%#28 · 2024
Burkina Faso42.1%#15 · 202164.6%#14 · 202190.4%#16 · 202143.2%#24 · 202137.4#27 · 202130.2%#22 · 20217.3%#13 · 202111.7%#31 · 2024
Lesotho41.9%#16 · 201756.8%#23 · 201783.8%#26 · 201749.7%#17 · 201744.9#9 · 201732.9%#14 · 20174.6%#38 · 2017—
Nigeria41.8%#17 · 202264.0%#16 · 202292.9%#12 · 202256.2%#8 · 202233.9#37 · 202226.3%#38 · 20227.5%#11 · 202222.2%#16 · 2024
Sierra Leone41.5%#18 · 201865.0%#13 · 201891.5%#13 · 201856.8%#6 · 201835.7#33 · 201829.4%#28 · 20187.9%#6 · 201825.3%#9 · 2024
Guinea-Bissau39.9%#19 · 202162.1%#19 · 202191.4%#15 · 202150.5%#16 · 202133.4#38 · 202126.1%#39 · 20217.9%#5 · 202120.0%#19 · 2024
Chad39.5%#20 · 202261.4%#20 · 202289.5%#19 · 202244.8%#21 · 202237.4#28 · 202229.5%#27 · 20226.9%#22 · 202233.6%#7 · 2024
Angola39.3%#21 · 201853.7%#27 · 201880.0%#28 · 201832.3%#35 · 201851.3#6 · 201839.6%#7 · 20183.8%#40 · 201817.4%#26 · 2024
Ghana39.0%#22 · 201656.3%#24 · 201685.4%#25 · 201623.4%#41 · 201643.5#12 · 201632.2%#17 · 20164.7%#36 · 20166.4%#40 · 2024
Ethiopia38.6%#23 · 202163.7%#17 · 202193.5%#11 · 202133.1%#34 · 202131.1#42 · 202124.8%#40 · 20218.3%#4 · 202119.9%#20 · 2024
Rwanda38.6%#24 · 202362.2%#18 · 202389.8%#18 · 202327.4%#37 · 202339.4#18 · 202333.4%#10 · 20237.4%#12 · 202322.6%#14 · 2024
Mali36.1%#25 · 202159.5%#21 · 202188.6%#20 · 202145.5%#20 · 202135.7#32 · 202128.3%#32 · 20217.6%#10 · 202112.1%#30 · 2024
Togo34.7%#26 · 202155.6%#25 · 202187.0%#22 · 202143.8%#22 · 202137.9#25 · 202129.6%#26 · 20216.8%#24 · 202110.2%#37 · 2024
Liberia33.6%#27 · 201655.0%#26 · 201688.3%#21 · 201650.9%#14 · 201635.3#35 · 201627.1%#37 · 20167.2%#15 · 201637.3%#5 · 2024
Benin27.2%#28 · 202150.0%#28 · 202186.5%#23 · 202136.2%#32 · 202134.4#36 · 202127.2%#36 · 20217.6%#8 · 202111.1%#34 · 2024
Cameroon26.7%#29 · 202141.3%#30 · 202174.0%#33 · 202137.7%#29 · 202142.2#15 · 202131.1%#18 · 20215.4%#33 · 20214.9%#42 · 2024
Namibia22.9%#30 · 201535.0%#34 · 201561.1%#39 · 201517.4%#42 · 201559.1#1 · 201547.2%#1 · 20152.8%#44 · 201520.1%#18 · 2024
The Gambia22.0%#31 · 202040.2%#31 · 202078.2%#31 · 202053.4%#12 · 202038.8#19 · 202030.5%#21 · 20206.6%#25 · 202017.5%#25 · 2024
Botswana21.4%#32 · 201535.8%#33 · 201563.2%#38 · 201516.1%#43 · 201554.9#2 · 201542.9%#2 · 20153.7%#41 · 201518.2%#24 · 2024
Côte d'Ivoire20.8%#33 · 202141.6%#29 · 202180.9%#27 · 202137.5%#30 · 202135.3#34 · 202127.8%#33 · 20217.6%#9 · 202111.4%#32 · 2024
Senegal17.9%#34 · 202137.3%#32 · 202178.6%#30 · 202137.5%#31 · 202136.2#31 · 202128.8%#31 · 20217.3%#14 · 20215.3%#41 · 2024
South Africa17.4%#35 · 202230.2%#36 · 202259.6%#40 · 202237.9%#28 · 202254.1#4 · 202242.1%#4 · 20223.7%#43 · 202211.2%#33 · 2024
Cabo Verde14.6%#36 · 201529.7%#37 · 201565.0%#37 · 201524.8%#40 · 202342.4#14 · 201532.3%#16 · 20155.7%#30 · 20158.1%#39 · 2024
São Tomé and Príncipe13.0%#37 · 201730.5%#35 · 201770.0%#35 · 201755.5%#9 · 201740.7#16 · 201732.8%#15 · 20176.4%#28 · 201723.0%#13 · 2024
Guinea11.7%#38 · 201829.2%#38 · 201876.6%#32 · 201843.7%#23 · 201829.6#44 · 201823.1%#44 · 20188.5%#3 · 20188.7%#38 · 2024
Mauritania10.2%#39 · 201926.0%#39 · 201971.2%#34 · 201931.8%#36 · 201932.0#41 · 201924.6%#42 · 20197.8%#7 · 201911.0%#35 · 2024
Equatorial Guinea8.8%#40 · 202221.5%#40 · 202258.1%#41 · 202250.7%#15 · 202238.5#20 · 202229.1%#30 · 20226.4%#27 · 2022—
Comoros5.1%#41 · 202418.0%#41 · 202468.2%#36 · 202446.1%#19 · 202430.3#43 · 202424.6%#41 · 20248.8%#1 · 202416.5%#27 · 2024
Gabon3.8%#42 · 20178.0%#42 · 201732.9%#42 · 201733.4%#33 · 201738.0#24 · 201727.7%#35 · 20176.0%#29 · 201723.3%#12 · 2024
Seychelles0.7%#43 · 20181.4%#44 · 20188.4%#44 · 201825.3%#39 · 201832.1#40 · 201823.9%#43 · 20187.1%#20 · 20182.5%#44 · 2024
Mauritius0.5%#44 · 20172.3%#43 · 201719.1%#43 · 20178.4%#45 · 202336.8#30 · 201729.9%#24 · 20177.2%#17 · 20174.9%#43 · 2024
Republic of the Congo———————25.0%#10 · 2024
Somalia———55.4%#10 · 2022———56.5%#1 · 2024
Sudan———————10.9%#36 · 2021
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Extreme poverty44 countries
  1. 1Democratic Republic of the Congo85.3%2020
  2. 2Mozambique81.4%2022
  3. 3South Sudan76.5%2016
Lowest
  1. 44Mauritius0.5%2017
  2. 43Seychelles0.7%2018
  3. 42Gabon3.8%2017
Median country 38.8% · group 45.0%
Poverty, $4.20/day44 countries
  1. 1Democratic Republic of the Congo92.5%2020
  2. 2Mozambique89.1%2022
  3. 3South Sudan88.0%2016
Lowest
  1. 44Seychelles1.4%2018
  2. 43Mauritius2.3%2017
  3. 42Gabon8.0%2017
Median country 57.5% · group 63.2%
Poverty, $8.30/day44 countries
  1. 1Democratic Republic of the Congo98.0%2020
  2. 2South Sudan97.6%2016
  3. 3Burundi97.4%2020
Lowest
  1. 44Seychelles8.4%2018
  2. 43Mauritius19.1%2017
  3. 42Gabon32.9%2017
Median country 86.8% · group 88.6%
National poverty rate45 countries
  1. 1South Sudan82.3%2016
  2. 2Madagascar75.2%2021
  3. 3Central African Republic68.8%2021
Lowest
  1. 45Mauritius8.4%2023
  2. 44Uganda16.1%2023
  3. 43Botswana16.1%2015
Median country 43.7%
Gini index44 countries
  1. 1Namibia59.12015
  2. 2Botswana54.92015
  3. 3Eswatini54.62016
Lowest
  1. 44Guinea29.62018
  2. 43Comoros30.32024
  3. 42Ethiopia31.12021
Median country 38.4
Top 10% income share44 countries
  1. 1Namibia47.2%2015
  2. 2Botswana42.9%2015
  3. 3Eswatini42.7%2016
Lowest
  1. 44Guinea23.1%2018
  2. 43Seychelles23.9%2018
  3. 42Mauritania24.6%2019
Median country 30.0%
Bottom 20% income share44 countries
  1. 1Comoros8.8%2024
  2. 2Niger8.7%2021
  3. 3Guinea8.5%2018
Lowest
  1. 44Namibia2.8%2015
  2. 43South Africa3.7%2022
  3. 42Eswatini3.7%2016
Median country 6.9%
Undernourishment44 countries
  1. 1Somalia56.5%2024
  2. 2Madagascar41.8%2024
  3. 3Zambia41.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 44Seychelles2.5%2024
  2. 43Mauritius4.9%2024
  3. 42Cameroon4.9%2024
Median country 18.8% · group 22.3%
Food insecurity38 countries
  1. 1South Sudan88.8%2024
  2. 2Central African Republic88.1%2022
  3. 3Sierra Leone88.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 38Mali20.6%2024
  2. 37South Africa20.9%2024
  3. 36Senegal27.7%2024
Median country 61.0%
Account ownership36 countries
  1. 1Kenya90.1%2024
  2. 2Mauritius89.6%2024
  3. 3Ghana81.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 36South Sudan5.8%2021
  2. 35Niger14.8%2024
  3. 34Chad20.9%2024
Median country 55.2% · group 55.1%
Women in parliament46 countries
  1. 1Rwanda63.8%2025
  2. 2South Africa44.9%2025
  3. 3Cabo Verde44.4%2025
Lowest
  1. 46Nigeria4.2%2025
  2. 45The Gambia8.6%2025
  3. 44Botswana9.0%2025
Median country 23.3% · group 27.0%
Net ODA received48 countries
  1. 1Ethiopia$5.4bn2023
  2. 2Democratic Republic of the Congo$4.3bn2023
  3. 3Nigeria$3.6bn2023
Lowest
  1. 48Equatorial Guinea$11.7m2023
  2. 47Seychelles$16.2m2017
  3. 46Gabon$53.1m2023
Median country $866m · group $64.8bn
ODA, % of GNI47 countries
  1. 1Central African Republic27.3%2023
  2. 2Somalia20.4%2023
  3. 3Burundi18.3%2023
Lowest
  1. 47Equatorial Guinea0.1%2023
  2. 46Angola0.2%2023
  3. 45Gabon0.3%2023
Median country 5.3% · group 3.1%
ODA per person48 countries
  1. 1São Tomé and Príncipe$3762023
  2. 2Comoros$1962023
  3. 3Cabo Verde$1952023
Lowest
  1. 48Angola$4.02023
  2. 47Equatorial Guinea$6.32023
  3. 46Nigeria$15.82023
Median country $65.5 · group $51.5
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