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People below the poverty line

% of population · showing the worst first

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

World average: 12.8%

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