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List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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World map of poverty gap index at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)[1]
Share of population living below national poverty lines[2]

This is a list of countries by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and Our World in Data.

Methodology

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Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.[3] [4] There are many working definitions of "poverty", with considerable debate on the most accurate definition of the term.

Lack of income security, economic stability and the predictability of one's continued means to meet basic needs all serve as absolute indicators of poverty. Poverty may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs.

The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6.85 US dollars a day in 2017 international (PPP) prices. The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API.[1][5][6]

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert different currencies into a common, comparable unit and account for price differences across countries. The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day, which replaces the $1.90 poverty line, is based on 2017 PPPs.[7] This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is considered to be living in extreme poverty. About 648 million people globally were in this situation in 2019.[7]

The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.[2]

Definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Even among rich nations, the standards differ greatly. Thus, the numbers are not comparable among countries. Even when nations do use the same method, some issues may remain.[8]

Only countries for which sourced data is available are listed. Data for some countries, including Libya and Saudi Arabia, remains unavailable. It was usually accepted that over one third (33.3%) of the population in Libya and Saudi Arabia were living in the previous decade below the poverty line.[9][10]

Percentage of population living on less than $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85 a day

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Percentage of population (including non-citizens) living on less than $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85 a day in 2017 international (PPP) dollars as per the World Bank and Our World in Data.[1][5][6][2] Sorting is by country code.

Percent of population living on less than poverty thresholds
Country $2.15 $3.65 $6.85 Year
World 9.0% 22.7% 45.5% 2022
 Aruba N/A
 Afghanistan N/A
 Angola 31.1% 52.9% 78.0% 2018
 Albania 0% 1.5% 13.7% 2020
 Andorra N/A
 United Arab Emirates 0% 0% 0.4% 2018
 Argentina 0.6% 2.5% 10.9% 2022
 Armenia 0.8% 10.0% 51.3% 2022
 Antigua and Barbuda N/A
 Australia 0.5% 0.7% 1.0% 2018
 Austria 0.5% 0.5% 1.1% 2021
 Azerbaijan 0% 0.3% 31.3% 2005
 Burundi 62.1% 86.2% 96.8% 2020
 Belgium 0% 0.1% 0.2% 2021
 Benin 12.7% 43.4% 81.4% 2021
 Burkina Faso 25.3% 60.7% 88.1% 2021
 Bangladesh 5.0% 30.0% 74.1% 2022
 Bulgaria 0.7% 2.0% 5.8% 2021
 Bahrain N/A
 Bahamas N/A
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 0.8% 5.8% 2011
 Belarus 0% 0.1% 1.3% 2020
 Belize 19.6% 39.1% 66.8% 1999
 Bermuda N/A
 Bolivia 2.0% 5.4% 15.2% 2021
 Brazil 3.5% 8.4% 23.5% 2022
 Barbados N/A
 Brunei N/A
 Bhutan 0% 0.5% 8.4% 2022
 Botswana 15.4% 38.0% 63.5% 2015
 Central African Republic 65.7% 85.8% 96.2% 2021
 Canada 0.2% 0.5% 0.7% 2019
  Switzerland 0% 0.1% 0.1% 2020
 Channel Islands N/A
 Chile 0.4% 0.9% 4.7% 2022
 China 0.1% 2.0% 24.7% 2020
 Cote d'Ivoire 9.7% 38.4% 76.4% 2021
 Cameroon 23.0% 46.7% 76.0% 2021
 Congo, Dem. Rep. 78.9% 92.1% 97.7% 2020
 Congo 35.4% 59.1% 83.5% 2011
 Colombia 6.0% 14.0% 34.8% 2022
 Comoros 18.6% 39.5% 68.6% 2014
 Cabo Verde 4.6% 19.3% 50.9% 2015
 Costa Rica 0.9% 3.3% 14.1% 2022
 Cuba N/A
 Curacao N/A
 Cayman Islands N/A
 Cyprus 0% 0.1% 0.1% 2021
 Czechia 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 2021
 Germany 0% 0.2% 0.2% 2019
 Djibouti 19.1% 43.8% 78.5% 2017
 Dominica N/A
 Denmark 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 2021
 Dominican Republic 0.8% 4.0% 21.5% 2022
 Algeria 0.5% 4.0% 36.6% 2011
 Ecuador 3.2% 9.5% 29.9% 2022
 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.5% 17.6% 68.8% 2019
 Eritrea N/A
 Spain 0.6% 0.9% 1.9% 2021
 Estonia 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 2021
 Ethiopia 27.0% 65.0% 90.9% 2015
 Finland 0% 0% 0.1% 2021
 Fiji 1.3% 12.4% 52.6% 2019
 France 0.1% 0.2% 0.5% 2021
 Faroe Islands N/A
 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 16.0% 40.8% 74.9% 2013
 Gabon 2.5% 8.1% 31.2% 2017
 United Kingdom 0.2% 0.5% 0.7% 2021
 Georgia 5.5% 19.1% 55.4% 2021
 Ghana 25.2% 48.8% 78.5% 2016
 Gibraltar N/A
 Guinea 13.8% 46.6% 86.8% 2018
 Gambia 17.2% 47.0% 80.6% 2020
 Guinea-Bissau 26.0% 60.2% 89.1% 2021
 Equatorial Guinea N/A
 Greece 0.6% 1.1% 2.9% 2021
 Grenada 0.3% 1.3% 13.8% 2018
 Greenland N/A
 Guatemala 9.5% 25.9% 55.4% 2014
 Guam N/A
 Guyana 11.9% 24.9% 56.6% 1998
 Hong Kong N/A
 Honduras 12.7% 26.4% 49.5% 2019
 Croatia 0.3% 0.4% 1.8% 2021
 Haiti 29.2% 58.0% 85.8% 2012
 Hungary 0.4% 0.8% 2.2% 2021
 Indonesia 1.9% 18.1% 58.8% 2023
 Isle of Man N/A
 India 12.9% 44.1% 81.8% 2022
 Ireland 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 2021
 Iran 0.5% 3.8% 21.9% 2022
 Iraq 0.1% 2.4% 24.7% 2012
 Iceland 0% 0% 0% 2017
 Israel 0.2% 1.0% 3.5% 2021
 Italy 0.8% 1.0% 1.7% 2021
 Jamaica 0.3% 2.4% 13.9% 2021
 Jordan 0% 0.4% 8.2% 2010
 Japan 0.7% 0.9% 1.4% 2013
 Kazakhstan 0% 0.3% 10.6% 2021
 Kenya 36.1% 70.1% 91.3% 2021
 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 12.5% 62.2% 2021
 Cambodia N/A
 Kiribati 1.7% 19.5% 68.9% 2019
 St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
 South Korea 0.2% 0.5% 1.2% 2016
 Kuwait N/A
 Laos 7.1% 32.5% 70.5% 2018
 Lebanon 0% 0.1% 1.7% 2011
 Liberia 27.6% 60.6% 88.9% 2016
 Libya N/A
 St. Lucia 0.1% 0.6% 8.4% 2015
 Liechtenstein N/A
 Sri Lanka 1.0% 11.3% 49.3% 2019
 Lesotho 32.4% 54.7% 81.0% 2017
 Lithuania 0.3% 0.4% 1.2% 2021
 Luxembourg 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 2021
 Latvia 0.4% 0.7% 2.1% 2021
 Macao N/A
 Saint Martin N/A
 Morocco 1.4% 9.8% 42.1% 2013
 Monaco N/A
 Moldova 0% 0.3% 14.4% 2021
 Madagascar 80.7% 92.4% 98.2% 2012
 Maldives 0% 0% 3.9% 2019
 Mexico 1.2% 4.7% 21.8% 2022
 Marshall Islands 0.9% 6.1% 31.5% 2019
 North Macedonia 2.7% 7.5% 19.0% 2019
 Mali 20.8% 56.1% 85.9% 2021
 Malta 0.3% 0.7% 0.8% 2020
 Myanmar 2.0% 19.6% 68.2% 2017
 Montenegro 2.0% 3.7% 12.2% 2021
 Mongolia 0.2% 2.4% 22.1% 2022
 Northern Mariana Islands N/A
 Mozambique 74.5% 88.6% 96.1% 2019
 Mauritania 5.4% 25.8% 68.0% 2019
 Mauritius 0.1% 1.8% 13.5% 2017
 Malawi 70.1% 89.1% 97.3% 2019
 Malaysia 0% 0.1% 2.3% 2021
 Namibia 15.6% 33.3% 57.3% 2015
 New Caledonia N/A
 Niger 50.6% 83.1% 96.3% 2021
 Nigeria 30.9% 63.5% 90.8% 2018
 Nicaragua 3.9% 14.4% 42.1% 2014
 Netherlands 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 2021
 Norway 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 2019
   Nepal 8.2% 40.0% 80.4% 2010
 Nauru 1.7% 20.9% 61.7% 2012
 New Zealand N/A
 Oman N/A
 Pakistan 4.9% 39.8% 84.5% 2018
 Panama 1.3% 4.4% 12.9% 2023
 Peru 2.7% 9.5% 32.2% 2022
 Philippines 3.0% 17.8% 55.3% 2021
 Palau N/A
 Papua New Guinea 39.7% 67.7% 90.2% 2009
 Poland 0.1% 0.2% 0.9% 2021
 Puerto Rico N/A
 Korea DPR N/A
 Portugal 0.2% 0.4% 1.7% 2021
 Paraguay 1.3% 5.6% 19.9% 2022
 Palestine 0.5% 3.1% 20.5% 2016
 French Polynesia N/A
 Qatar N/A
 Romania 1.8% 3.0% 7.1% 2021
 Russian Federation 0% 0.3% 4.1% 2020
 Rwanda 52.0% 78.0% 92.2% 2016
 Saudi Arabia N/A
 Sudan 15.3% 49.7% 86.2% 2014
 Senegal 9.9% 36.3% 75.6% 2021
 Singapore N/A
 Solomon Islands 26.6% 61.0% 88.5% 2012
 Sierra Leone 26.1% 64.3% 89.9% 2018
 El Salvador 3.4% 8.6% 27.5% 2022
 San Marino N/A
 Somalia N/A
 Serbia 1.2% 2.5% 7.5% 2021
 South Sudan 67.3% 86.5% 96.6% 2016
 Sao Tome and Principe 15.7% 45.0% 79.7% 2017
 Suriname 1.1% 4.2% 17.5% 2022
 Slovakia 0.1% 0.7% 2.4% 2021
 Slovenia 0% 0% 0.1% 2021
 Sweden 0.6% 0.8% 1.4% 2021
 Eswatini 36.1% 58.0% 78.1% 2016
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) N/A
 Seychelles 0.5% 1.2% 6.7% 2018
 Syrian Arab Republic 24.8% 67.0% 96.0% 2022
 Turks and Caicos Islands N/A
 Chad 30.8% 62.8% 88.8% 2022
 Togo 26.6% 58.8% 86.8% 2021
 Thailand 0% 0.6% 12.2% 2021
 Tajikistan 6.1% 25.7% 66.4% 2015
 Turkmenistan 43.1% 71.1% 91.3% 1998
 Timor-Leste 24.4% 69.2% 94.6% 2014
 Tonga 0% 1.6% 21.5% 2021
 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1% 9.4% 30.2% 1992
 Tunisia 0.3% 2.0% 16.2% 2021
 Turkey 0.4% 1.4% 7.6% 2021
 Tuvalu 3.6% 19.6% 56.6% 2010
 Taiwan 0% 0% 0.3% 2021
 Tanzania 44.9% 74.3% 92.3% 2018
 Uganda 42.1% 71.8% 91.1% 2019
 Ukraine 0% 0.2% 7.1% 2020
 Uruguay 0.2% 0.8% 6.4% 2022
 United States 0.2% 0.5% 1.0% 2021
 Uzbekistan 2.3% 5.0% 17.3% 2022
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
 Venezuela 7.1% 15.5% 38.8% 2006
 British Virgin Islands N/A
 Virgin Islands (U.S.) N/A
 Vietnam 1.0% 4.2% 19.7% 2022
 Vanuatu 10.0% 34.9% 76.1% 2019
 Samoa 1.2% 10.5% 43.3% 2013
 Kosovo 0.4% 4.2% 34.2% 2017
 Yemen, Rep. 19.8% 54.4% 85.4% 2014
 South Africa 20.5% 40.0% 61.6% 2014
 Zambia 64.3% 81.0% 93.2% 2022
 Zimbabwe 39.8% 64.5% 85.0% 2019

Percent of population living below national poverty line

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The percentage of the population living below national poverty line (%) – poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities (however definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations). Sorting is by country code.

Country World Bank[2][11] Year
 Aruba N/A
 Afghanistan 54.5% 2016
 Angola 32.3% 2018
 Albania 22% 2020
 Andorra N/A
 United Arab Emirates N/A
 Argentina 39.2% 2022
 Armenia 24.8% 2022
 Antigua and Barbuda N/A
 Australia 13.4% 2020
 Austria 14.8% 2021
 Azerbaijan 6% 2012
 Burundi 64.9% 2013
 Belgium 12.3% 2022
 Benin 38.5% 2019
 Burkina Faso 43.2% 2021
 Bangladesh 18.7% 2022
 Bulgaria 20.6% 2022
 Bahrain N/A
 Bahamas N/A
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.9% 2015
 Belarus 4.8% 2020
 Belize N/A
 Bermuda N/A
 Bolivia 39% 2020
 Brazil N/A
 Barbados N/A
 Brunei N/A
 Bhutan 12.4% 2022
 Botswana 16.1% 2015
 Central African Republic 68.8% 2021
 Canada N/A
  Switzerland 14.7% 2020
 Channel Islands N/A
 Chile 10.8% 2020
 China 0% 2020
 Cote d'Ivoire 37.5% 2021
 Cameroon 37.5% 2014
 Congo, Dem. Rep. 63.9% 2012
 Congo 40.9% 2011
 Colombia 36.6% 2022
 Comoros 42.4% 2013
 Cabo Verde 35.2% 2015
 Costa Rica 25.5% 2022
 Cuba N/A
 Curacao N/A
 Cayman Islands N/A
 Cyprus 13.9% 2021
 Czechia 10.2% 2021
 Germany 14.8% 2021
 Djibouti 21.1% 2017
 Dominica N/A
 Denmark 12.4% 2021
 Dominican Republic 23.9% 2021
 Algeria 5.5% 2011
 Ecuador 25.2% 2022
 Egypt 29.7% 2019
 Eritrea 69% 1993
 Spain 20.2% 2022
 Estonia 22.5% 2022
 Ethiopia 23.5% 2015
 Finland 12.2% 2022
 Fiji 24.1% 2019
 France 15.6% 2021
 Faroe Islands N/A
 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 41.2% 2013
 Gabon 33.4% 2017
 United Kingdom 18.6% 2017
 Georgia 15.6% 2022
 Ghana 23.4% 2016
 Gibraltar N/A
 Guinea 43.7% 2018
 Gambia 53.4% 2020
 Guinea-Bissau 47.7% 2018
 Equatorial Guinea 76.8% 2006
 Greece 18.8% 2021
 Grenada 25.% 2018
 Greenland N/A
 Guatemala 59.3% 2014
 Guam N/A
 Guyana N/A
 Hong Kong N/A
 Honduras 48% 2019
 Croatia 18% 2021
 Haiti 58.5% 2012
 Hungary 12.1% 2021
 Indonesia 9.4% 2023
 Isle of Man N/A
 India 21.9% 2011
 Ireland 14% 2021
 Iran N/A
 Iraq 18.9% 2012
 Iceland 8.8% 2017
 Israel N/A
 Italy 20.1% 2021
 Jamaica 19.9% 2012
 Jordan 15.7% 2018
 Japan N/A
 Kazakhstan 5.2% 2022
 Kenya 36.1% 2015
 Kyrgyzstan 33.3% 2021
 Cambodia 17.7% 2012
 Kiribati 21.9% 2019
 St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
 Korea, Rep. N/A
 Kuwait N/A
 Laos 18.3% 2018
 Lebanon 27.4% 2011
 Liberia 50.9% 2016
 Libya N/A
 St. Lucia 25% 2016
 Liechtenstein N/A
 Sri Lanka 14.3% 2019
 Lesotho 49.7% 2017
 Lithuania 20.9% 2021
 Luxembourg 17.4% 2021
 Latvia 22.5% 2021
 Macao N/A
 Saint Martin N/A
 Morocco 4.8% 2013
 Monaco N/A
 Moldova 31.1% 2022
 Madagascar 70.7% 2012
 Maldives 5.4% 2019
 Mexico 36.3% 2022
 Marshall Islands 7.2% 2019
 North Macedonia 21.8% 2019
 Mali 44.6% 2021
 Malta 16.7% 2021
 Myanmar 24.8% 2017
 Montenegro 21.2% 2020
 Mongolia 27.8% 2020
 Northern Mariana Islands N/A
 Mozambique 46.1% 2014
 Mauritania 31.8% 2019
 Mauritius 10.3% 2017
 Malawi 50.7% 2019
 Malaysia 6.2% 2021
 Namibia 17.4% 2015
 New Caledonia N/A
 Niger 40.8% 2018
 Nigeria 40.1% 2018
 Nicaragua 24.9% 2016
 Netherlands 14.5% 2021
 Norway 12.2% 2021
   Nepal 25.2% 2010
 Nauru 16.8% 2012
 New Zealand N/A
 Oman N/A
 Pakistan 21.9% 2018
 Panama 21.5% 2019
 Peru 27.5% 2022
 Philippines 18.1% 2021
 Palau 24.9% 2006
 Papua New Guinea 39.9% 2009
 Poland 11.8% 2022
 Puerto Rico N/A
 Korea DPR N/A
 Portugal 16.4% 2021
 Paraguay 24.7% 2022
 West Bank and Gaza 29.2% 2016
 French Polynesia N/A
 Qatar N/A
 Romania 21.2% 2021
 Russian Federation 11% 2021
 Rwanda 38.2% 2016
 Saudi Arabia N/A
 Sudan 46.5% 2009
 Senegal 46.7% 2011
 Singapore N/A
 Solomon Islands 12.7% 2012
 Sierra Leone 56.8% 2018
 El Salvador 26.6% 2022
 San Marino N/A
 Somalia 54.4% 2022
 Serbia 21.2% 2020
 South Sudan 82.3% 2016
 Sao Tome and Principe 55.5% 2017
 Suriname N/A
 Slovakia 13.7% 2021
 Slovenia 12.7% 2022
 Sweden 16.1% 2021
 Eswatini 58.9% 2016
 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) N/A
 Seychelles 25.3% 2018
 Syria 35.2% 2007
 Turks and Caicos Islands N/A
 Chad 42.3% 2018
 Togo 45.5% 2018
 Thailand 6.3% 2021
 Tajikistan 22.5% 2022
 Turkmenistan 58% 1998
 Timor-Leste 41.8% 2014
 Tonga 20.6% 2021
 Trinidad and Tobago N/A
 Tunisia 16.6% 2021
 Turkey 14.4% 2020
 Tuvalu 26.3% 2010
 Tanzania 26.4% 2018
 Uganda 20.3% 2019
 Ukraine 1.6% 2020
 Uruguay 9.9% 2022
 United States N/A
 Uzbekistan 14.1% 2013
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
 Venezuela 33.1% 2015
 British Virgin Islands N/A
 Virgin Islands (U.S.) N/A
 Vietnam 4.8% 2020
 Vanuatu 15.9% 2020
 Samoa 21.9% 2018
 Kosovo 17.6% 2015
 Yemen 48.6% 2014
 South Africa 55.5% 2014
 Zambia 60% 2022
 Zimbabwe 38.3% 2019


See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)". The World Bank IBRD-IDA. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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  5. ^ a b "Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)". World Bank. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)". World Bank. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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  10. ^ One third of the Saudi Arabia's population lives under the poverty line Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, 5 August 2013
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