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Table 2 Ordinal wealth rankings (quintiles) of 338 Administrative 1 units in 37 African countries.

From: Using remotely sensed night-time light as a proxy for poverty in Africa

 

Assets- based wealth index

Mean brightness of night time lights (NTL)

Proportion of area covered by NTL

Mean distance (km) to the nearest NTL

Country

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

Angola

6

6

4

2

 

5

11

1

 

1

5

10

2

 

1

6

9

2

 

1

Benin

 

3

1

2

   

2

2

2

  

2

2

2

  

3

 

3

Burkina Faso

5

3

4

1

 

1

3

7

1

1

 

4

8

 

1

 

2

2

8

1

CAR

13

2

1

1

 

13

2

1

 

1

13

2

1

 

1

12

3

1

 

1

Chad

5

1

2

1

 

5

3

  

1

5

3

  

1

6

1

1

 

1

Comoros

  

3

    

1

2

    

2

1

    

3

Congo

  

1

1

2

2

1

  

1

2

1

  

1

1

2

  

1

DRC

2

6

1

1

1

7

2

 

1

1

7

2

 

2

 

9

1

1

  

Egypt

    

26

  

1

4

21

  

2

3

21

1

2

3

3

17

Ethiopia

4

1

4

1

1

3

4

2

 

2

5

2

2

 

2

2

5

1

1

2

Gabon

  

1

3

1

 

2

2

 

1

 

2

2

 

1

 

2

3

  

Gambia

  

1

4

1

 

1

3

1

1

  

3

2

1

   

5

1

Ghana

 

3

 

6

1

  

1

6

3

  

1

5

4

  

1

4

5

Guinea

1

5

1

 

1

 

2

4

1

1

 

2

4

1

1

 

1

4

2

1

Kenya

1

 

4

2

1

1

 

3

2

2

1

 

3

2

2

1

3

 

2

2

Lesotho

 

1

5

4

 

2

 

2

6

 

1

1

2

6

   

2

6

2

Madagascar

3

2

 

1

 

2

2

1

1

 

2

2

2

  

2

2

2

  

Malawi

  

3

    

1

2

   

1

2

   

1

2

 

Mali

1

2

3

 

1

1

3

2

 

1

1

3

2

 

1

2

2

2

 

1

Morocco

    

7

   

5

2

   

5

2

   

4

3

Mozambique

2

4

3

1

1

1

5

3

1

1

1

6

2

1

1

3

5

1

1

1

Namibia

 

2

 

5

6

1

3

7

2

 

2

2

6

3

 

1

7

4

1

 

Niger

4

2

1

1

 

2

3

2

 

1

2

4

1

 

1

4

2

1

 

1

Nigeria

  

2

4

   

1

3

2

  

1

4

1

  

2

4

 

Rwanda

3

7

1

1

 

4

1

2

4

1

4

 

2

5

1

  

3

6

3

Sao Tome and Principe

   

2

 

1

   

1

1

   

1

1

  

1

 

Senegal

 

1

3

5

1

 

1

3

4

2

 

1

3

4

2

  

3

4

3

Sierra Leone

  

1

2

1

1

2

  

1

1

2

  

1

  

3

 

1

Somalia

13

2

1

2

 

14

2

1

 

1

13

4

  

1

12

4

1

 

1

South Africa

   

2

7

   

3

6

  

1

2

6

  

1

5

3

Sudan

1

8

2

5

 

2

7

3

2

2

2

7

3

2

2

5

7

3

1

 

Swaziland

   

1

3

   

2

2

   

1

3

    

4

Tanzania

2

3

3

1

  

4

2

2

1

 

4

2

2

1

 

4

3

 

2

Togo

  

3

2

   

1

3

1

  

1

3

1

  

1

3

1

Uganda

1

1

1

1

  

1

2

1

  

1

2

1

  

1

3

  

Zambia

1

2

3

1

2

 

3

4

1

1

 

3

4

2

  

3

6

  

Zimbabwe

 

1

5

1

3

  

3

5

2

  

3

5

2

  

4

4

2

  1. Based on household assets-based indices; the mean brightness of night time lights; the mean distance to nearest night time lights pixel; and the proportion of area covered by night time lights. Q1 = most poor quintile; Q5 = least poor quintile.
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