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People below the poverty line

% of population · lower ranks first

147 of 216 countries report a figure for people below the poverty line

World average: 12.8%

Show worst first

RankCountryValueYear
#1Belarus0.0%2020
#2Bhutan0.0%2022
#3People's Republic of China0.0%2022
#4Cyprus0.0%2023
#5Czech Republic0.0%2023
#6Kazakhstan0.0%2021
#7Malaysia0.0%2021
#8Maldives0.0%2019
#9Qatar0.0%2017
#10Slovenia0.0%2023
#11Thailand0.0%2024
#12Ukraine0.0%2020
#13United Arab Emirates0.0%2018
#14Belgium0.1%2023
#15France0.1%2023
#16Iceland0.1%2019
#17Ireland0.1%2023
#18South Korea0.1%2021
#19Luxembourg0.1%2023
#20Moldova0.1%2023
#21Kingdom of the Netherlands0.1%2021
#22Russia0.1%2023
#23Finland0.2%2023
#24Norway0.2%2023
#25Poland0.2%2023
#26Switzerland0.2%2022
#27Turkey0.2%2023
#28Uruguay0.2%2024
#29Albania0.3%2020
#30Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3%2021
#31Canada0.3%2022
#32Croatia0.3%2023
#33Estonia0.3%2023
#34Chile0.4%2024
#35Denmark0.4%2023
#36Israel0.4%2022
#37Latvia0.4%2023
#38Malta0.4%2023
#39Mongolia0.4%2022
#40Portugal0.4%2023
#41Tonga0.4%2021
#42United Kingdom0.4%2021
#43Austria0.5%2023
#44Iraq0.5%2023
#45Mauritius0.5%2017
#46Slovakia0.5%2023
#47Greece0.6%2023
#48Germany0.7%2022
#49Romania0.7%2023
#50Seychelles0.7%2018
#51Tunisia0.7%2021
#52Armenia0.8%2024
#53Costa Rica0.8%2025
#54Dominican Republic0.8%2024
#55Grenada0.8%2018
#56Spain0.8%2023
#57Sweden0.8%2023
#58Australia0.9%2020
#59Hungary0.9%2017
#60Italy0.9%2023
#61Kiribati0.9%2023
#62Argentina1.0%2024
#63Belize1.0%2018
#64Bulgaria1.0%2023
#65Lithuania1.1%2023
#66Serbia1.1%2023
#67United States1.1%2024
#68Japan1.2%2020
#69Egypt1.4%2021
#70Jamaica1.4%2021
#71Mexico1.6%2024
#72Vietnam1.6%2022
#73Barbados1.7%2016
#74Bolivia2.1%2024
#75Marshall Islands2.1%2019
#76Paraguay2.1%2024
#77Palestine2.1%2023
#78Kyrgyzstan2.2%2024
#79Suriname2.2%2022
#80Uzbekistan2.3%2025
#81Nepal2.4%2022
#82Iran2.5%2023
#83Montenegro2.5%2021
#84Sri Lanka2.7%2019
#85Brazil3.0%2024
#86Panama3.1%2024
#87Ecuador3.4%2025
#88Gabon3.8%2017
#89North Macedonia3.9%2019
#90Indonesia4.0%2025
#91Georgia4.2%2024
#92El Salvador4.6%2023
#93Fiji4.7%2019
#94Comoros5.1%2024
#95Peru5.1%2024
#96India5.3%2022
#97Philippines5.3%2023
#98Lebanon5.8%2022
#99Bangladesh5.9%2022
#100Tajikistan6.1%2024
#101Laos7.1%2024
#102Colombia8.5%2024
#103Equatorial Guinea8.8%2022
#104Guatemala9.7%2023
#105Kosovo10.0%2022
#106Mauritania10.2%2019
#107Myanmar10.3%2017
#108Guinea11.7%2018
#109São Tomé and Príncipe13.0%2017
#110Honduras15.7%2024
#111South Africa17.4%2022
#112Senegal17.9%2021
#113Syria18.0%2022
#114Vanuatu19.5%2019
#115Ivory Coast20.8%2021
#116The Gambia22.0%2020
#117Pakistan23.0%2024
#118Djibouti25.4%2017
#119Cameroon26.7%2021
#120Benin27.2%2021
#121Liberia33.6%2016
#122Togo34.7%2021
#123Mali36.1%2021
#124Ethiopia38.6%2021
#125Rwanda38.6%2023
#126Ghana39.0%2016
#127Angola39.3%2018
#128Chad39.5%2022
#129Guinea-Bissau39.9%2021
#130Sierra Leone41.5%2018
#131Nigeria41.8%2022
#132Lesotho41.9%2017
#133Burkina Faso42.1%2021
#134Eswatini44.5%2016
#135Kenya45.5%2022
#136Zimbabwe49.2%2019
#137Tanzania51.3%2018
#138Uganda59.8%2019
#139Niger60.5%2021
#140Madagascar69.2%2021
#141Central African Republic71.6%2021
#142Zambia71.7%2022
#143Burundi74.2%2020
#144Malawi75.4%2019
#145South Sudan76.5%2016
#146Mozambique81.4%2022
#147Democratic Republic of the Congo85.3%2020
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)