Poverty
Global Ranking
percent of populationSource: IMF
Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 ↑ | Equatorial Guinea | 76.8 | 2006 | 125 | |
2 ↓ | Madagascar | 70.7 | 2012 | 1 | 71.7 |
3 ↑ | Eritrea | 69 | 1993 | 125 | |
4 ↑ | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.7 | 2017 | 125 | |
5 ↓ | Burundi | 64.9 | 2013 | 4 | 67.1 |
6 ↓ | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 63.9 | 2012 | 2 | 69.3 |
7 ↑ | Central African Republic | 62 | 2008 | 125 | |
8 ↑ | Guatemala | 59.3 | 2014 | 13 | 51 |
9 ↓ | Swaziland | 58.9 | 2016 | 5 | 63 |
10 ↑ | Haiti | 58.5 | 2012 | 125 | |
11 ↑ | Sierra Leone | 56.8 | 2018 | 125 | |
12 ↓ | South Africa | 55.5 | 2014 | 11 | 53.2 |
13 ↓ | Togo | 55.1 | 2015 | 6 | 58.7 |
14 ↑ | Afghanistan | 54.5 | 2016 | 28 | 38.3 |
15 ↓ | Zambia | 54.4 | 2015 | 8 | 54.7 |
16 ↓ | Liberia | 50.9 | 2016 | 10 | 54.1 |
17 ↓ | Malawi | 50.7 | 2019 | 12 | 51.5 |
18 ↓ | Lesotho | 49.7 | 2017 | 7 | 56.6 |
19 ↑ | Yemen | 48.6 | 2014 | 32 | 34.8 |
19 ↓ | Gambia | 48.6 | 2015 | 17 | 48.1 |
21 ↓ | Honduras | 48 | 2019 | 15 | 50.4 |
22 ↓ | Guinea-Bissau | 47.7 | 2018 | 2 | 69.3 |
23 ↓ | Senegal | 46.7 | 2011 | 16 | 48.3 |
24 ↑ | Sudan | 46.5 | 2009 | 125 | |
25 ↓ | Mozambique | 46.1 | 2014 | 8 | 54.7 |
26 ↓ | Mexico | 43.9 | 2020 | 23 | 41.9 |
27 ↑ | Guinea | 43.7 | 2018 | 125 | |
28 ↑ | Colombia | 42.5 | 2020 | 30 | 35.7 |
29 ↑ | Comoros | 42.4 | 2013 | 125 | |
30 ↑ | Chad | 42.3 | 2018 | 125 | |
31 | Argentina | 42 | 2020 | 31 | 35.5 |
32 ↓ | Mali | 41.9 | 2020 | 21 | 42.3 |
33 ↑ | Burkina Faso | 41.4 | 2018 | 125 | |
34 ↑ | Micronesia | 41.2 | 2013 | 40 | 29.9 |
35 ↓ | Republic of the Congo | 40.9 | 2011 | 14 | 50.7 |
36 ↑ | Niger | 40.8 | 2018 | 125 | |
37 ↑ | Nigeria | 40.1 | 2018 | 125 | |
38 ↑ | Papua New Guinea | 39.9 | 2009 | 125 | |
39 ↓ | Ivory Coast | 39.5 | 2018 | 20 | 44.4 |
40 ↓ | Bolivia | 39 | 2020 | 29 | 37.2 |
41 ↓ | Benin | 38.5 | 2019 | 24 | 40.1 |
42 ↓ | Zimbabwe | 38.3 | 2019 | 38 | 30.4 |
43 ↓ | Rwanda | 38.2 | 2016 | 27 | 39.1 |
44 ↓ | Cameroon | 37.5 | 2014 | 25 | 39.9 |
45 ↓ | Kenya | 36.1 | 2015 | 18 | 46.8 |
46 ↓ | Syria | 35.2 | 2007 | 39 | 30.1 |
47 ↓ | Cape Verde | 35 | 2015 | 19 | 46 |
48 ↓ | Gabon | 33.4 | 2017 | 34 | 32.7 |
49 ↓ | Venezuela | 33.1 | 2015 | 44 | 29.5 |
50 ↑ | Ecuador | 33 | 2020 | 53 | 25 |
51 ↓ | Egypt | 32.5 | 2017 | 48 | 27.8 |
52 ↑ | Angola | 32.3 | 2018 | 125 | |
53 ↓ | Mauritania | 31 | 2014 | 22 | 42 |
54 ↑ | Peru | 30.1 | 2020 | 78 | 20.2 |
55 ↑ | Costa Rica | 30 | 2020 | 57 | 23.9 |
56 ↓ | Fiji | 29.9 | 2019 | 33 | 34 |
57 ↓ | Mongolia | 27.8 | 2020 | 46 | 28.4 |
58 ↑ | Lebanon | 27.4 | 2011 | 125 | |
59 ↓ | Armenia | 27 | 2020 | 51 | 26.4 |
60 ↓ | Paraguay | 26.9 | 2020 | 59 | 23.5 |
61 ↓ | Moldova | 26.8 | 2020 | 52 | 25.2 |
62 ↓ | Tanzania | 26.4 | 2017 | 47 | 28.2 |
63 ↓ | Tajikistan | 26.3 | 2019 | 49 | 27.4 |
63 ↑ | Tuvalu | 26.3 | 2010 | 125 | |
65 ↑ | El Salvador | 26.2 | 2020 | 125 | |
66 ↑ | Kyrgyzstan | 25.3 | 2020 | 79 | 20.1 |
66 ↓ | Seychelles | 25.3 | 2018 | 26 | 39.3 |
68 ↑ | Nepal | 25.2 | 2010 | 125 | |
69 ↑ | Saint Lucia | 25 | 2016 | 125 | |
70 ↑ | Palau | 24.9 | 2006 | 125 | |
70 ↓ | Nicaragua | 24.9 | 2016 | 42 | 29.6 |
72 ↓ | Burma (Myanmar) | 24.8 | 2017 | 35 | 32.1 |
73 ↓ | Bangladesh | 24.3 | 2016 | 36 | 31.5 |
74 ↓ | Bulgaria | 23.8 | 2019 | 66 | 22.6 |
75 ↓ | Ethiopia | 23.5 | 2015 | 42 | 29.6 |
76 ↓ | Ghana | 23.4 | 2016 | 56 | 24.2 |
76 ↓ | Romania | 23.4 | 2019 | 58 | 23.8 |
78 ↓ | Montenegro | 22.6 | 2019 | 54 | 24.5 |
79 ↑ | Tonga | 22.5 | 2009 | 90 | 16.2 |
80 ↓ | India | 21.9 | 2011 | 41 | 29.8 |
80 ↓ | Pakistan | 21.9 | 2018 | 55 | 24.3 |
80 ↓ | Kiribati | 21.9 | 2020 | 69 | 21.8 |
83 ↓ | Albania | 21.8 | 2019 | 62 | 23 |
84 ↓ | Serbia | 21.7 | 2019 | 61 | 23.2 |
85 ↓ | Latvia | 21.6 | 2019 | 63 | 22.9 |
85 ↓ | Macedonia | 21.6 | 2018 | 68 | 21.9 |
87 ↓ | Panama | 21.5 | 2019 | 71 | 21.4 |
88 ↓ | Georgia | 21.3 | 2020 | 80 | 19.5 |
89 ↑ | Djibouti | 21.1 | 2017 | 125 | |
90 ↓ | Spain | 21 | 2019 | 72 | 20.7 |
90 ↓ | Dominican Republic | 21 | 2019 | 64 | 22.8 |
92 ↓ | Lithuania | 20.9 | 2019 | 73 | 20.6 |
93 ↓ | Estonia | 20.7 | 2019 | 70 | 21.7 |
94 ↓ | Uganda | 20.3 | 2019 | 76 | 20.3 |
94 ↓ | Samoa | 20.3 | 2013 | 50 | 26.9 |
96 ↓ | Italy | 20.1 | 2018 | 76 | 20.3 |
97 ↓ | Jamaica | 19.9 | 2012 | 84 | 17.6 |
98 ↓ | Botswana | 19.3 | 2009 | 37 | 30.6 |
99 ↓ | Iraq | 18.9 | 2012 | 67 | 22.4 |
100 ↓ | United Kingdom | 18.6 | 2017 | 89 | 17 |
101 ↓ | Germany | 18.5 | 2019 | 94 | 14.8 |
102 ↓ | Croatia | 18.3 | 2019 | 81 | 18.3 |
102 ↑ | Laos | 18.3 | 2018 | 125 | |
104 ↓ | Greece | 17.7 | 2019 | 82 | 17.9 |
104 ↓ | Cambodia | 17.7 | 2012 | 74 | 20.5 |
106 ↓ | Luxembourg | 17.4 | 2019 | 85 | 17.5 |
106 ↓ | Namibia | 17.4 | 2015 | 45 | 28.7 |
108 ↓ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.9 | 2015 | 82 | 17.9 |
108 ↓ | Malta | 16.9 | 2019 | 87 | 17.1 |
110 ↓ | Philippines | 16.7 | 2018 | 59 | 23.5 |
111 ↓ | Portugal | 16.2 | 2019 | 86 | 17.2 |
112 ↓ | Sweden | 16.1 | 2019 | 87 | 17.1 |
113 ↑ | Vanuatu | 15.9 | 2020 | 125 | |
114 ↑ | Jordan | 15.7 | 2018 | 125 | |
115 ↓ | Switzerland | 15.5 | 2019 | 91 | 16 |
116 ↓ | Tunisia | 15.2 | 2015 | 74 | 20.5 |
117 ↓ | Turkey | 15 | 2019 | 97 | 14.4 |
118 ↓ | Poland | 14.8 | 2019 | 92 | 15.4 |
119 ↓ | Cyprus | 14.3 | 2019 | 96 | 14.7 |
120 ↓ | Uzbekistan | 14.1 | 2013 | 93 | 15 |
120 ↓ | Belgium | 14.1 | 2019 | 94 | 14.8 |
122 ↓ | Ireland | 13.9 | 2019 | 101 | 13.1 |
122 ↓ | Austria | 13.9 | 2019 | 99 | 13.3 |
124 ↓ | France | 13.8 | 2019 | 98 | 13.6 |
125 ↓ | Netherlands | 13.6 | 2019 | 100 | 13.2 |
126 ↓ | Solomon Islands | 12.7 | 2012 | 65 | 22.7 |
126 ↓ | Norway | 12.7 | 2019 | 102 | 12.7 |
128 ↓ | Slovenia | 12.4 | 2019 | 106 | 12 |
129 ↓ | Hungary | 12.3 | 2019 | 104 | 12.3 |
130 ↓ | Finland | 12.2 | 2019 | 109 | 11.6 |
131 ↓ | Denmark | 12.1 | 2019 | 103 | 12.5 |
131 ↓ | Russia | 12.1 | 2020 | 104 | 12.3 |
133 ↓ | Uruguay | 11.6 | 2020 | 125 | |
134 ↓ | Slovakia | 11.4 | 2019 | 108 | 11.9 |
135 ↓ | Chile | 10.8 | 2020 | 115 | 8.6 |
136 ↓ | Mauritius | 10.3 | 2017 | 117 | 7.9 |
137 ↓ | Indonesia | 9.8 | 2020 | 113 | 9.4 |
138 ↓ | Czech Republic | 9.5 | 2019 | 110 | 10.1 |
139 ↓ | Iceland | 8.8 | 2017 | 110 | 10.1 |
140 ↓ | Malaysia | 8.4 | 2019 | 121 | 5.6 |
141 ↓ | Bhutan | 8.2 | 2017 | 106 | 12 |
142 ↓ | Thailand | 6.8 | 2020 | 120 | 6.2 |
143 ↓ | Vietnam | 6.7 | 2018 | 112 | 9.8 |
144 ↓ | Azerbaijan | 6 | 2012 | 118 | 7.6 |
145 ↓ | Algeria | 5.5 | 2011 | 125 | |
146 ↓ | Maldives | 5.4 | 2019 | 116 | 8.2 |
147 ↓ | Kazakhstan | 5.3 | 2020 | 123 | 4.3 |
148 ↓ | Morocco | 4.8 | 2013 | 114 | 8.9 |
148 ↓ | Belarus | 4.8 | 2020 | 122 | 5 |
150 ↓ | Sri Lanka | 4.1 | 2016 | 119 | 6.7 |
151 ↓ | Ukraine | 1.1 | 2019 | 125 | |
152 ↓ | China | 0 | 2020 | 124 | 0.6 |
Definition of Poverty
National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.