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Poverty at national poverty lines, % of population: ranking of countries
145 countries ranked by their latest value (2015–2025). South Sudan is highest at 82.3%; China is lowest at 0.0%.
Median country 21.2%145 countries
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | National poverty rate | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 82.3% | 2016 | |
| 2 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 75.2% | 2021 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.8% | 2021 | |
| 4 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.0% | 2022 | |
| 5 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.0% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.8% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.2% | 2020 | |
| 9 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.2% | 2022 | |
| 10 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 56.0% | 2023 | |
| 11 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.5% | 2017 | |
| 12 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.4% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 53.5% | 2023 | |
| 14 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 53.4% | 2020 | |
| 15 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 52.0% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.0% | 2020 | |
| 17 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.9% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.7% | 2022 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.5% | 2021 | |
| 20 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.7% | 2017 | |
| 21 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 47.3% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.1% | 2019 | |
| 23 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.1% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.5% | 2021 | |
| 25 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.8% | 2022 | |
| 26 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 44.7% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.8% | 2021 | |
| 28 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.7% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.2% | 2021 | |
| 30 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.2% | 2021 | |
| 31 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.8% | 2022 | |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.3% | 2019 | |
| 33 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.9% | 2022 | |
| 34 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.7% | 2021 | |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.5% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.5% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.2% | 2021 | |
| 38 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 33.6% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.5% | 2021 | |
| 40 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.4% | 2017 | |
| 41 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.1% | 2021 | |
| 42 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.1% | 2015 | |
| 43 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 32.8% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.3% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.8% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.8% | 2019 | |
| 47 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.6% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.9% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.2% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.4% | 2023 | |
| 51 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 27.2% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 27.1% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.4% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.7% | 2016 | |
| 55 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.3% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.0% | 2018 | |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.0% | 2015 | |
| 59 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.9% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.8% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 24.8% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 24.1% | 2019 | |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 24.0% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.4% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 23.2% | 2020 | |
| 66 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 22.5% | 2022 | |
| 67 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 22.5% | 2022 | |
| 68 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 21.9% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 21.9% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 21.7% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.7% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 21.2% | 2024 | |
| 74 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 21.1% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 20.9% | 2021 | |
| 76 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 20.6% | 2021 | |
| 77 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.3% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Nepal | South Asia | 20.3% | 2022 | |
| 79 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 20.2% | 2022 | |
| 80 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 20.1% | 2021 | |
| 81 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 20.0% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.8% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 19.7% | 2022 | |
| 84 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 19.7% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 18.8% | 2021 | |
| 86 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 18.7% | 2022 | |
| 87 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 18.6% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 18.4% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 17.6% | 2015 | |
| 90 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.6% | 2022 | |
| 91 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.5% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.4% | 2015 | |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 17.3% | 2021 | |
| 95 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 96 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 16.9% | 2015 | |
| 98 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.7% | 2021 | |
| 99 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.6% | 2021 | |
| 100 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 16.4% | 2021 | |
| 101 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.1% | 2015 | |
| 102 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 16.1% | 2022 | |
| 103 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 15.9% | 2019 | |
| 106 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 15.8% | 2021 | |
| 107 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.7% | 2018 | |
| 108 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2021 | |
| 109 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 15.0% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| 111 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| 112 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2021 | |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 14.3% | 2019 | |
| 114 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 14.0% | 2021 | |
| 115 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 13.9% | 2021 | |
| 116 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 13.7% | 2021 | |
| 117 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 13.5% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 13.0% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 12.7% | 2022 | |
| 120 | Bhutan | South Asia | 12.4% | 2022 | |
| 121 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 12.4% | 2021 | |
| 122 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 12.3% | 2022 | |
| 123 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 12.2% | 2022 | |
| 124 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 12.2% | 2021 | |
| 125 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 12.1% | 2021 | |
| 126 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.2% | 2021 | |
| 127 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 9.7% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.4% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 8.8% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.8% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 7.2% | 2019 | |
| 134 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.5% | 2022 | |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Maldives | South Asia | 5.4% | 2019 | |
| 139 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 5.4% | 2022 | |
| 140 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 5.0% | 2024 | |
| 142 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 4.2% | 2022 | |
| 143 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.9% | 2022 | |
| 144 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 3.5% | 2024 | |
| 145 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2020 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)