Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)
Global Ranking
percent living on less than 1.90 usd a daySource: IMF
Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
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1 ↑ | Madagascar | 78.8 | 2012 | 4 | 78.2 |
2 ↓ | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 77.2 | 2012 | 1 | 94.3 |
3 ↑ | Malawi | 73.5 | 2019 | 6 | 69.2 |
4 ↓ | Burundi | 72.8 | 2013 | 3 | 78.6 |
5 ↑ | Somalia | 68.6 | 2017 | 140 | |
6 ↓ | Central African Republic | 65.9 | 2008 | 2 | 84.1 |
7 ↓ | Mozambique | 63.7 | 2014 | 5 | 69.7 |
8 ↑ | Uzbekistan | 61.6 | 2003 | 11 | 57.5 |
9 ↓ | Zambia | 58.7 | 2015 | 8 | 65.8 |
10 | Rwanda | 56.5 | 2016 | 10 | 57.9 |
11 ↑ | Angola | 49.9 | 2018 | 34 | 34.4 |
12 ↑ | Turkmenistan | 49.8 | 1998 | 140 | |
13 ↑ | Tanzania | 49.4 | 2018 | 19 | 49.4 |
14 ↑ | Liberia | 44.4 | 2016 | 25 | 41.7 |
15 ↓ | Sierra Leone | 43 | 2018 | 13 | 54.7 |
16 ↑ | Niger | 41.4 | 2018 | 21 | 45.4 |
17 ↑ | Uganda | 41 | 2019 | 26 | 41.3 |
18 ↓ | Republic of the Congo | 39.6 | 2011 | 12 | 55.1 |
19 ↑ | Zimbabwe | 39.5 | 2019 | 35 | 33.9 |
20 ↑ | Nigeria | 39.1 | 2018 | 27 | 40.7 |
21 ↓ | Papua New Guinea | 38 | 2009 | 15 | 50.9 |
22 | Kenya | 37.1 | 2015 | 22 | 43.9 |
23 ↑ | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.6 | 2017 | 33 | 34.6 |
24 ↓ | Burkina Faso | 33.7 | 2018 | 23 | 43.8 |
25 ↑ | Chad | 33.2 | 2018 | 29 | 38.1 |
26 ↑ | Ethiopia | 30.8 | 2015 | 31 | 35.6 |
27 ↓ | Swaziland | 29.2 | 2016 | 24 | 43 |
28 ↓ | Lesotho | 27.2 | 2017 | 9 | 61.9 |
29 ↑ | Cameroon | 26 | 2014 | 37 | 31.8 |
30 ↓ | Guinea-Bissau | 24.7 | 2018 | 7 | 68.4 |
30 ↓ | Solomon Islands | 24.7 | 2012 | 20 | 48.6 |
32 ↑ | Haiti | 24.5 | 2012 | 140 | |
33 ↓ | Togo | 24.1 | 2018 | 14 | 51.1 |
34 ↓ | Guinea | 23.2 | 2018 | 30 | 36.1 |
35 ↑ | India | 22.5 | 2011 | 36 | 32.8 |
36 ↑ | Suriname | 21.1 | 1999 | 140 | |
37 ↓ | Benin | 19.2 | 2018 | 18 | 49.6 |
38 ↑ | Comoros | 19.1 | 2014 | 48 | 15 |
39 ↑ | South Africa | 18.7 | 2014 | 45 | 16.2 |
40 ↑ | Yemen | 18.3 | 2014 | 57 | 9.4 |
41 ↑ | Djibouti | 17 | 2017 | 42 | 22.3 |
42 ↓ | Mali | 16.3 | 2018 | 16 | 50.3 |
43 ↑ | Micronesia | 15.4 | 2013 | 59 | 8.1 |
44 ↓ | Nepal | 15 | 2010 | 17 | 49.9 |
45 ↑ | Honduras | 14.8 | 2019 | 46 | 15.8 |
46 ↓ | Botswana | 14.5 | 2015 | 44 | 17.2 |
47 ↓ | Bangladesh | 14.3 | 2016 | 43 | 19.2 |
48 ↑ | Belize | 13.9 | 1999 | 50 | 14.2 |
49 ↓ | Namibia | 13.8 | 2015 | 41 | 23.5 |
50 ↑ | Ghana | 12.7 | 2016 | 54 | 11.2 |
51 ↓ | Sudan | 12.2 | 2014 | 47 | 15.7 |
52 ↓ | Guyana | 11.8 | 1998 | 39 | 28.9 |
53 ↑ | Colombia | 10.3 | 2020 | 64 | 4.9 |
53 ↓ | Gambia | 10.3 | 2015 | 40 | 25.4 |
55 ↓ | Laos | 10 | 2018 | 49 | 14.5 |
56 ↓ | Ivory Coast | 9.2 | 2018 | 38 | 29.8 |
57 ↓ | Guatemala | 8.8 | 2014 | 54 | 11.2 |
58 ↓ | Vanuatu | 8.6 | 2019 | 52 | 13.2 |
59 ↓ | Senegal | 7.6 | 2018 | 28 | 38.5 |
60 ↓ | Venezuela | 6.7 | 2006 | 51 | 13.9 |
61 ↑ | Ecuador | 6.5 | 2020 | 71 | 3.6 |
62 ↓ | Mauritania | 6 | 2014 | 56 | 10.9 |
63 ↓ | Saint Lucia | 4.6 | 2016 | 32 | 34.7 |
64 ↑ | Peru | 4.4 | 2020 | 79 | 2.2 |
64 ↑ | Pakistan | 4.4 | 2018 | 68 | 4 |
64 ↑ | Bolivia | 4.4 | 2020 | 73 | 3.2 |
67 ↑ | Georgia | 4.2 | 2020 | 70 | 3.8 |
68 | Tajikistan | 4.1 | 2015 | 68 | 4 |
69 ↑ | Egypt | 3.8 | 2017 | 87 | 1.6 |
70 ↓ | Macedonia | 3.4 | 2018 | 66 | 4.6 |
70 ↓ | Cape Verde | 3.4 | 2015 | 58 | 8.4 |
70 ↓ | Nicaragua | 3.4 | 2014 | 61 | 7.4 |
70 ↓ | Gabon | 3.4 | 2017 | 60 | 8 |
74 ↑ | Tuvalu | 3.3 | 2010 | 140 | |
75 ↑ | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2 | 1992 | 112 | 0.4 |
76 ↑ | Mexico | 3.1 | 2020 | 85 | 1.7 |
77 ↓ | Montenegro | 2.9 | 2018 | 72 | 3.4 |
78 ↓ | Philippines | 2.7 | 2018 | 62 | 6.1 |
79 ↓ | Serbia | 2.3 | 2019 | 75 | 2.9 |
80 ↓ | Indonesia | 2.2 | 2021 | 78 | 2.3 |
81 ↑ | Costa Rica | 2.1 | 2020 | 95 | 1 |
82 ↓ | Romania | 2 | 2019 | 77 | 2.4 |
83 ↑ | Fiji | 1.8 | 2019 | 107 | 0.5 |
83 ↑ | Vietnam | 1.8 | 2018 | 84 | 1.8 |
85 ↓ | Brazil | 1.7 | 2020 | 66 | 4.6 |
85 ↑ | Iraq | 1.7 | 2012 | 88 | 1.5 |
85 ↓ | Jamaica | 1.7 | 2004 | 76 | 2.7 |
88 | Argentina | 1.6 | 2020 | 88 | 1.5 |
89 ↓ | Bhutan | 1.5 | 2017 | 79 | 2.2 |
89 ↑ | Italy | 1.5 | 2018 | 91 | 1.4 |
91 ↓ | Burma (Myanmar) | 1.4 | 2017 | 65 | 4.8 |
92 ↓ | Kiribati | 1.3 | 2019 | 53 | 12.9 |
92 ↓ | El Salvador | 1.3 | 2019 | 88 | 1.5 |
94 ↓ | Panama | 1.2 | 2019 | 85 | 1.7 |
95 ↑ | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1 | 2020 | 102 | 0.6 |
95 ↑ | Samoa | 1.1 | 2013 | 102 | 0.6 |
97 ↓ | United States | 1 | 2019 | 95 | 1 |
97 ↓ | Tonga | 1 | 2015 | 93 | 1.1 |
99 ↓ | Bulgaria | 0.9 | 2019 | 97 | 0.9 |
99 ↓ | Syria | 0.9 | 2003 | 81 | 2.1 |
99 ↓ | Sri Lanka | 0.9 | 2016 | 83 | 1.9 |
99 ↓ | Morocco | 0.9 | 2013 | 74 | 3 |
103 ↓ | Paraguay | 0.8 | 2020 | 97 | 0.9 |
103 ↓ | Spain | 0.8 | 2019 | 97 | 0.9 |
103 ↓ | Dominican Republic | 0.8 | 2020 | 102 | 0.6 |
106 ↑ | Chile | 0.7 | 2020 | 114 | 0.3 |
106 ↑ | Japan | 0.7 | 2013 | 140 | 0 |
106 ↑ | Greece | 0.7 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
109 ↓ | Austria | 0.6 | 2019 | 102 | 0.6 |
109 ↓ | Iran | 0.6 | 2019 | 107 | 0.5 |
111 ↓ | Mongolia | 0.5 | 2018 | 107 | 0.5 |
111 ↓ | Lithuania | 0.5 | 2019 | 97 | 0.9 |
111 ↑ | Estonia | 0.5 | 2019 | 121 | 0.2 |
111 ↓ | Australia | 0.5 | 2018 | 107 | 0.5 |
111 ↓ | Seychelles | 0.5 | 2018 | 92 | 1.2 |
116 ↑ | Turkey | 0.4 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
116 ↓ | Armenia | 0.4 | 2020 | 93 | 1.1 |
116 ↓ | Algeria | 0.4 | 2011 | 63 | 5.6 |
119 ↑ | Malta | 0.3 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
119 ↑ | United Kingdom | 0.3 | 2017 | 121 | 0.2 |
119 ↑ | Denmark | 0.3 | 2019 | 121 | 0.2 |
119 ↓ | Croatia | 0.3 | 2019 | 112 | 0.4 |
119 ↑ | Hungary | 0.3 | 2019 | 121 | 0.2 |
119 ↓ | Sweden | 0.3 | 2019 | 101 | 0.7 |
125 ↓ | Mauritius | 0.2 | 2017 | 102 | 0.6 |
125 ↑ | Uruguay | 0.2 | 2020 | 130 | 0.1 |
125 ↑ | Cyprus | 0.2 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
125 ↓ | Norway | 0.2 | 2019 | 114 | 0.3 |
125 ↓ | Poland | 0.2 | 2018 | 114 | 0.3 |
125 ↓ | Canada | 0.2 | 2017 | 121 | 0.2 |
125 ↓ | Latvia | 0.2 | 2019 | 114 | 0.3 |
125 ↓ | South Korea | 0.2 | 2016 | 121 | 0.2 |
125 ↓ | Tunisia | 0.2 | 2015 | 82 | 2 |
125 ↓ | Israel | 0.2 | 2018 | 107 | 0.5 |
135 ↓ | Netherlands | 0.1 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
135 ↓ | Portugal | 0.1 | 2019 | 114 | 0.3 |
135 ↓ | China | 0.1 | 2019 | 114 | 0.3 |
135 ↓ | Luxembourg | 0.1 | 2019 | 114 | 0.3 |
135 ↓ | Slovakia | 0.1 | 2019 | 121 | 0.2 |
135 ↓ | Jordan | 0.1 | 2010 | 130 | 0.1 |
135 ↓ | Belgium | 0.1 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
135 ↓ | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1 | 2011 | 130 | 0.1 |
143 ↓ | Lebanon | 0 | 2011 | 140 | |
143 ↓ | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2018 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Moldova | 0 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Maldives | 0 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | France | 0 | 2018 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Malaysia | 0 | 2015 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Czech Republic | 0 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Russia | 0 | 2020 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Ukraine | 0 | 2020 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Switzerland | 0 | 2018 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Albania | 0 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
143 ↓ | Finland | 0 | 2019 | 130 | 0.1 |
143 ↓ | Slovenia | 0 | 2019 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Belarus | 0 | 2020 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Thailand | 0 | 2020 | 130 | 0.1 |
143 ↓ | Germany | 0 | 2018 | 121 | 0.2 |
143 ↓ | Ireland | 0 | 2018 | 121 | 0.2 |
143 ↓ | Iceland | 0 | 2017 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2005 | 140 | 0 |
143 ↓ | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2018 | 140 | 0 |
Definition of Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.