Poverty Rate Ranking (2024)

In 2020, poverty rate was highest in Congo - Kinshasa at 85.30%, followed by Mozambique at 82.20% and Malawi at 75.40%. The average across countries was 11.68%, the median was 1.90%, and Belarus recorded the lowest poverty rate at 0%, according to the World Bank.

Data is available for the period 1963 to 2024 across 135 countries.

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Rank	Country	Current Value ↓	Previous Value	Year
1	Congo - Kinshasa	85.3%	78.9%	2020
2	Mozambique	82.2%	74.4%	2019
3	Malawi	75.4%	71.7%	2019
4	Burundi	74.2%	75.8%	2020
5	Zambia	71.7%	67.9%	2022
6	Central African Republic	71.6%	67.3%	2021
7	Niger	60.5%	59%	2021
8	Uganda	59.8%	60.1%	2019
9	Tanzania	51.3%	51.5%	2018
10	Zimbabwe	49.2%	44.7%	2019
11	Kenya	46.4%	44.4%	2021
12	Burkina Faso	42.1%	47.7%	2021
13	Lesotho	41.9%	74.9%	2017
14	Sierra Leone	41.5%	53.7%	2018
15	Guinea-Bissau	39.9%	37.1%	2021
16	Chad	39.5%	41.9%	2022
17	Angola	39.3%	22.1%	2018
18	Ethiopia	38.6%	33%	2021
19	Mali	36.1%	29.4%	2021
20	Togo	34.7%	35.3%	2021
21	Nigeria	34.2%	35.8%	2018
22	Benin	27.2%	37.2%	2021
23	Cameroon	26.7%	29%	2021
24	Djibouti	25.4%	31.2%	2017
25	Kosovo	25%	16.8%	2021
26	Gambia	22%	17.1%	2020
27	Côte d'Ivoire	20.9%	22.7%	2021
28	Vanuatu	19.5%	25.7%	2019
29	Senegal	17.9%	19.1%	2021
30	Honduras	17%	18.8%	2023
31	Pakistan	16.5%	16.9%	2018
32	Syria	16.5%	0%	2022
33	Laos	15.7%	21.7%	2018
34	São Tomé & Príncipe	13%	18.9%	2017
35	Guinea	11.7%	21.3%	2018
36	Myanmar	10.3%	18.2%	2017
37	Mauritania	10.2%	11.7%	2019
38	Guatemala	9.7%	8%	2023
39	Equatorial Guinea	8.8%		2022
40	Bangladesh	8%	19.5%	2022
41	Colombia	7.7%	9.3%	2023
42	Kiribati	6.1%	21.3%	2019
43	Peru	5.9%	4.8%	2023
44	Georgia	5.8%	7.7%	2023
45	Indonesia	5.4%	6.7%	2024
46	India	5.3%	27.1%	2022
47	Philippines	5.3%	8.1%	2023
48	Ecuador	4.7%	4.4%	2023
49	Fiji	4.7%	1.6%	2019
50	El Salvador	4.6%	5.2%	2023
51	Kyrgyzstan	4.5%	5.6%	2022
52	Uzbekistan	4.1%	4.4%	2023
53	North Macedonia	3.9%	4.3%	2019
54	Brazil	3.8%	4.9%	2023
55	Gabon	3.8%	9.2%	2017
56	Panama	3.7%	3.3%	2023
57	Bolivia	2.8%	3.3%	2023
58	Sri Lanka	2.7%	3.8%	2019
59	Paraguay	2.6%	3.5%	2023
60	Iran	2.5%	2.8%	2023
61	Montenegro	2.5%	2.2%	2021
62	Nepal	2.4%	21.5%	2022
63	Mexico	2.3%	4.3%	2022
64	Suriname	2.2%	20.6%	2022
65	Marshall Islands	2.1%		2019
66	Palestinian Territories	2.1%	1.4%	2023
67	Serbia	2%	1.7%	2022
68	Armenia	1.9%	1.9%	2023
69	Vietnam	1.6%	1.3%	2022
70	Hungary	1.5%	0.7%	2022
71	Romania	1.5%	2%	2022
72	Egypt	1.4%	2%	2021
73	Jamaica	1.4%	0.4%	2021
74	Costa Rica	1.3%	1.5%	2024
75	Dominican Republic	1.3%	1%	2023
76	Sweden	1.3%	0.6%	2022
77	Argentina	1.2%	1.3%	2023
78	Japan	1.2%	1.2%	2020
79	United States	1.2%	1.2%	2023
80	Bulgaria	1.1%	1.2%	2022
81	Belize	1%	22.5%	2018
82	Grenada	0.8%		2018
83	Lithuania	0.8%	0.3%	2022
84	Spain	0.8%	0.7%	2022
85	Israel	0.7%	0.7%	2021
86	Italy	0.7%	0.9%	2022
87	Seychelles	0.7%	1.6%	2018
88	Slovakia	0.7%	0.3%	2022
89	Tunisia	0.7%	0.7%	2021
90	Austria	0.6%	0.5%	2022
91	Greece	0.6%	0.7%	2022
92	Australia	0.5%	0.5%	2018
93	Chile	0.5%	1.7%	2022
94	Estonia	0.5%	0.3%	2022
95	Iraq	0.5%	0.6%	2023
96	Mauritius	0.5%	1.1%	2017
97	Turkey	0.5%	0.9%	2022
98	United Kingdom	0.5%	0.5%	2021
99	Croatia	0.4%	0.3%	2022
100	Latvia	0.4%	0.5%	2022
101	Mongolia	0.4%	1.7%	2022
102	Tonga	0.4%	4%	2021
103	Albania	0.3%	0.3%	2020
104	Iceland	0.3%	0%	2018
105	Norway	0.3%	0.2%	2022
106	Poland	0.3%	0.1%	2022
107	Canada	0.2%	0.2%	2020
108	Denmark	0.2%	0.2%	2022
109	Germany	0.2%	0.2%	2020
110	Ireland	0.2%	0.1%	2022
111	Portugal	0.2%	0.3%	2022
112	Russia	0.2%	0.1%	2021
113	South Korea	0.2%	0%	2021
114	Uruguay	0.2%	0.2%	2023
115	Finland	0.1%	0%	2022
116	France	0.1%	0.1%	2022
117	Luxembourg	0.1%	0.1%	2022
118	Malta	0.1%	0.1%	2022
119	Netherlands	0.1%	0%	2021
120	Belarus	0%	0%	2020
121	Belgium	0%	0%	2022
122	Bhutan	0%	2.6%	2022
123	China	0%	0%	2021
124	Cyprus	0%	0%	2022
125	Czech Republic	0%	0.1%	2022
126	Kazakhstan	0%	0%	2021
127	Malaysia	0%	0%	2021
128	Maldives	0%	0.1%	2019
129	Moldova	0%	0.2%	2022
130	Qatar	0%		2017
131	Slovenia	0%	0%	2022
132	Switzerland	0%	0.1%	2021
133	Thailand	0%	0%	2023
134	Ukraine	0%	0.2%	2020
135	United Arab Emirates	0%	0%	2018

Poverty Rate Ranking (2024) : Definition

Poverty Rate measures the share of the population living on less than $3.00 per day measured in 2021 PPP international dollars; the figure refers to the specified reference year.