Population in Poverty
National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.
Top Ten
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- 1. Haiti (80)
- 2. Liberia (80)
- 3. Chad (80)
- 4. DRC (71)
- 5. Sierra Leone (70.2)
- 6. Suriname (70)
- 7. Nigeria (70)
- 8. Swaziland (69)
- 9. Burundi (68)
- 10. Zimbabwe (68)
- 11. Sao Tome and Principe (66.2)
- 12. Zambia (64)
- 13. Niger (63)
- 14. Honduras (60)
- 15. Comoros (60)
- 16. Namibia (55.8)
- 17. Senegal (54)
- 18. Guatemala (54)
- 19. Malawi (53)
- 20. Mozambique (52)
- 21. Mexico (51.3)
- 22. South Sudan (50.6)
- 23. Eritrea (50)
- 24. Kenya (50)
- 25. Madagascar (50)
- 26. Bolivia (49.6)
- 27. Lesotho (49)
- 28. The Gambia (48.4)
- 29. Cameroon (48)
- 30. Guinea (47)
- 31. Burkina Faso (46.7)
- 32. Republic of the Congo (46.5)
- 33. Sudan (46.5)
- 34. Yemen (45.2)
- 35. Rwanda (44.9)
- 36. Nicaragua (42.5)
- 37. Djibouti (42)
- 38. Cote d'Ivoire (42)
- 39. Belize (41.3)
- 40. Timor-Leste (41)
- 41. Angola (40.5)
- 42. Mauritania (40)
- 43. Tajikistan (39.6)
- 44. Gaza Strip (38)
- 45. Grenada (38)
- 46. Benin (37.4)
- 47. Papua New Guinea (37)
- 48. El Salvador (36.5)
- 49. Mali (36.1)
- 50. Tanzania (36)
- 51. Afghanistan (36)
- 52. Armenia (35.8)
- 53. Guyana (35)
- 54. Paraguay (34.7)
- 55. Dominican Republic (34.4)
- 56. Colombia (34.1)
- 57. Kyrgyzstan (33.7)
- 58. Burma (32.7)
- 59. Togo (32)
- 60. Venezuela (31.6)
- 61. Bangladesh (31.5)
- 62. Peru (31.3)
- 63. South Africa (31.3)
- 64. Macedonia (30.4)
- 65. Botswana (30.3)
- 66. Kosovo (30)
- 67. Turkmenistan (30)
- 68. Cape Verde (30)
- 69. Argentina (30)
- 70. Mongolia (29.8)
- 71. India (29.8)
- 72. Ethiopia (29.2)
- 73. Dominica (29)
- 74. Ghana (28.5)
- 75. Lebanon (28)
- 76. Ecuador (27.3)
- 77. Belarus (27.1)
- 78. Micronesia (26.7)
- 79. Philippines (26.5)
- 80. Laos (26)
- 81. Panama (26)
- 82. Nepal (25.2)
- 83. Iraq (25)
- 84. Costa Rica (24.8)
- 85. Uganda (24.5)
- 86. Ukraine (24.1)
- 87. Tonga (24)
- 88. Israel (23.6)
- 89. Bhutan (23.2)
- 90. Anguilla (23)
- 91. Algeria (23)
- 92. Pakistan (22.3)
- 93. Romania (22.2)
- 94. Moldova (21.9)
- 95. Bulgaria (21.8)
- 96. Brazil (21.4)
- 97. Spain (21.1)
- 98. Croatia (21.1)
- 99. Slovakia (21)
- 100. Egypt (20)
- 101. Greece (20)
- 102. Cambodia (20)
- 103. French Polynesia (19.7)
- 104. Italy (19.6)
- 105. United Arab Emirates (19.5)
- 106. Iran (18.7)
- 107. Uruguay (18.6)
- 108. Bosnia and Herzegovina (18.6)
- 109. West Bank (18.3)
- 110. Portugal (18)
- 111. Estonia (17.5)
- 112. Uzbekistan (17)
- 113. Trinidad and Tobago (17)
- 114. Turkey (16.9)
- 115. South Korea (16.5)
- 116. Jamaica (16.5)
- 117. Maldives (16)
- 118. Japan (16)
- 119. Germany (15.5)
- 120. Malta (15.4)
- 121. Belgium (15.2)
- 122. United States (15.1)
- 123. Chile (15.1)
- 124. Morocco (15)
- 125. Jordan (14.2)
- 126. Hungary (14)
- 127. United Kingdom (14)
- 128. Slovenia (13.6)
- 129. Denmark (13.4)
- 130. China (13.4)
- 131. Russia (12.7)
- 132. Albania (12.5)
- 133. Syria (11.9)
- 134. Indonesia (11.7)
- 135. Vietnam (11.3)
- 136. Azerbaijan (11)
- 137. Bermuda (11)
- 138. Poland (10.6)
- 139. Netherlands (10.5)
- 140. Canada (9.4)
- 141. Bahamas (9.3)
- 142. Serbia (9.2)
- 143. Georgia (9.2)
- 144. Czech Republic (9)
- 145. Sri Lanka (8.9)
- 146. Mauritius (8)
- 147. Switzerland (7.9)
- 148. Thailand (7.8)
- 149. France (7.8)
- 150. Montenegro (6.6)
- 151. Austria (6.2)
- 152. Ireland (5.5)
- 153. Kazakhstan (5.3)
- 154. Lithuania (4)
- 155. Tunisia (3.8)
- 156. Malaysia (3.8)
- 157. Taiwan (1.5)