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Extreme poverty, $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), % of population: ranking of countries
151 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). Democratic Republic of the Congo is highest at 85.3%; United Arab Emirates is lowest at 0.0%.
World 10.1% (2024)Median country 2.1%151 countries
Extreme poverty: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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| # | Country | Region | Extreme poverty | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 85.3% | 2020 | |
| 2 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 81.4% | 2022 | |
| 3 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 76.5% | 2016 | |
| 4 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 75.4% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.2% | 2020 | |
| 6 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.7% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.6% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.2% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.5% | 2021 | |
| 10 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.4% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.3% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.2% | 2019 | |
| 13 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.5% | 2022 | |
| 14 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.5% | 2016 | |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.1% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.9% | 2017 | |
| 17 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.8% | 2022 | |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.5% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.9% | 2021 | |
| 20 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.5% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.3% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.0% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.6% | 2021 | |
| 24 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.6% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.1% | 2021 | |
| 26 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.7% | 2021 | |
| 27 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.6% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.2% | 2021 | |
| 29 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.7% | 2021 | |
| 30 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.4% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.9% | 2015 | |
| 33 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.0% | 2020 | |
| 34 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.4% | 2015 | |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.8% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 19.5% | 2019 | |
| 37 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.0% | 2022 | |
| 38 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2021 | |
| 39 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.4% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.6% | 2015 | |
| 42 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.7% | 2018 | |
| 44 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 10.3% | 2017 | |
| 45 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.2% | 2019 | |
| 46 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| 47 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 7.1% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 6.1% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.8% | 2022 | |
| 54 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 4.7% | 2019 | |
| 58 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| 60 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.9% | 2019 | |
| 61 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.8% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.1% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.0% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 2.7% | 2019 | |
| 67 | India | South Asia | 2.6% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 2.5% | 2021 | |
| 70 | Nepal | South Asia | 2.4% | 2022 | |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.2% | 2022 | |
| 74 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.1% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 2.1% | 2019 | |
| 76 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.1% | 2024 | |
| 77 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.1% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.7% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.6% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 1.6% | 2022 | |
| 81 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.4% | 2021 | |
| 82 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.4% | 2021 | |
| 83 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 1.2% | 2020 | |
| 84 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 86 | United States | North America | 1.1% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.0% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.0% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.9% | 2020 | |
| 91 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% | 2022 | |
| 101 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.7% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.7% | 2021 | |
| 104 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.5% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 112 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 115 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 117 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 118 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2020 | |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 120 | Canada | North America | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 121 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 128 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 129 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2019 | |
| 131 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 134 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 136 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 137 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2020 | |
| 139 | Bhutan | South Asia | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 140 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 141 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2021 | |
| 144 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2021 | |
| 145 | Maldives | South Asia | 0.0% | 2019 | |
| 146 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 | |
| 148 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2020 | |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2018 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)