Society · Poverty headcount ($3.00 a day) · Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea’s poverty headcount ($3.00 a day) was 8.8% of population in 2022.
8.8% of population
2022Derived
First published value.
Stale — last updated 18 Oct 2026
In plain words
8.8% of population
What it is. This measure counts the share of residents living below a very low daily spending line set by the World Bank. Amounts are valued at purchasing power parity, so a dollar buys a comparable basket of goods across countries. The World Bank builds the estimate from household surveys and fills the years between surveys by interpolation or extrapolation, so each value is modelled. The measure covers money available for basics and leaves out wealth, access to schools and clinics, and how incomes are spread above the line.
Lower is better. Lower is better because every person below the line has very little to cover food, housing and health costs from the same small budget. The latest figure is 8.8% of population, for 2022. Since 2022 the series holds a single reading, so 8.8% is both the lowest and the highest value in that span.
Why it matters. At 8.8% of population, a minority of people in Equatorial Guinea live on very low daily spending, and these households have little room to absorb a rise in food or fuel prices. For the state, the figure gives a baseline for targeting social support and tracking living standards. A newer household survey would sharpen this modelled value, and its publication is the update to check.
| Period | Poverty headcount ($3.00 a day) · Equatorial Guinea |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.8% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Poverty headcount ($3.00 a day), Equatorial Guinea, 2022; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 18 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/society/poverty-headcount/equatorial-guinea
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Share of the population living on less than $3.00 a day (2021 purchasing power parity). A World Bank modelled estimate from household surveys, interpolated or extrapolated between survey years; not an official national release.
Share of the population living on less than $3.00 a day (2021 purchasing power parity). Unit: % of population.
This is a World Bank modelled estimate. It is built from household surveys and interpolated or extrapolated between survey years. It is not an official national release, and every value carries the Derived label.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SI.POV.DDAY), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.