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As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions." [11] "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 ...
List of African countries by Human Development Index Rank Country Human Development Index (HDI) Region World 2022 data (2024 report) Change in HDI value 2023-2024 [3] Very high human development 1 67 Seychelles: 0.802 0.007 High human development 2 72 Mauritius: 0.796 0.006 3 92 Libya: 0.746 4 93 Algeria: 0.745 0.005 5 101 Tunisia: 0.732 0.003
2022 data (2023-2024 report) rankings; Low human development 1 Sierra Leone: 0.458 2 Mozambique: 0.461 3 Gambia: 0.495 4 Malawi: 0.508 5 Lesotho: 0.514 6 Tanzania: 0.532 7 Pakistan: 0.540 8 Togo: 0.535 9 Nigeria: 0.548 9 Rwanda: 0.548 Medium human development 10 Zimbabwe: 0.550
One million children were living in extreme poverty in 2022, according to estimates by a research charity
The unemployment rate in 2008 was 25.29% and rose to 27.2% in 2012. However, the unemployment rate fell to 23.06% in 2017. The percentage of the population living below the poverty line fell from 58% in 2002 to 49.2% in 2017. [7]
The absolute number of people in poverty fell from 1.95 billion in 1981 to 1.01 billion in 2011. [66] The economist Max Roser estimates that the number of people in poverty is therefore roughly the same as 200 years ago. [66]
The density is lower in the Lesotho Highlands than in the western lowlands. Although the majority of the population—56.1 percent—is between 15 and 64 years of age, Lesotho has a substantial youth population numbering around 37.8 percent. [2] The annual population growth rate is estimated at 0.13% [2]
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