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Poverty at $4.20 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 92.5%; United Arab Emirates is lowest at 0.0%.
World 18.2% (2024)Median country 5.1%151 countries
Poverty, $4.20/day: 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 | Poverty, $4.20/day | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 92.5% | 2020 | |
| 2 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.1% | 2022 | |
| 3 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 88.0% | 2016 | |
| 4 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 87.3% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 87.2% | 2020 | |
| 6 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 83.9% | 2021 | |
| 7 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 83.9% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 81.4% | 2022 | |
| 9 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 79.7% | 2021 | |
| 10 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 72.3% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 70.0% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.5% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.0% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.6% | 2021 | |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.6% | 2019 | |
| 16 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.0% | 2022 | |
| 17 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.7% | 2021 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.2% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.1% | 2021 | |
| 20 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.4% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.5% | 2021 | |
| 22 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 58.3% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.8% | 2017 | |
| 24 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.3% | 2016 | |
| 25 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.6% | 2021 | |
| 26 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.0% | 2016 | |
| 27 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 53.7% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.0% | 2021 | |
| 29 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.9% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 43.7% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 42.1% | 2022 | |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.6% | 2021 | |
| 33 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.3% | 2021 | |
| 34 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.2% | 2020 | |
| 35 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.3% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 36.9% | 2019 | |
| 37 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.8% | 2015 | |
| 38 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.0% | 2015 | |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.5% | 2017 | |
| 40 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.2% | 2022 | |
| 41 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.7% | 2015 | |
| 42 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.2% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 29.1% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.0% | 2019 | |
| 45 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.5% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 22.5% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.5% | 2022 | |
| 48 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 20.5% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.0% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.6% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 16.9% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 16.9% | 2024 | |
| 53 | India | South Asia | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.7% | 2022 | |
| 55 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 15.1% | 2019 | |
| 57 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 14.9% | 2022 | |
| 58 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.7% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 12.5% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 11.5% | 2019 | |
| 61 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.7% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Nepal | South Asia | 9.1% | 2022 | |
| 64 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.6% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.4% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.0% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| 68 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.4% | 2019 | |
| 69 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.1% | 2021 | |
| 70 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.8% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 6.7% | 2019 | |
| 72 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.2% | 2024 | |
| 73 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.7% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.1% | 2021 | |
| 77 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.9% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% | 2022 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.5% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 4.2% | 2022 | |
| 81 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.1% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.0% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 4.0% | 2021 | |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.2% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.9% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.8% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.4% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.4% | 2021 | |
| 90 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.3% | 2017 | |
| 91 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 2.3% | 2022 | |
| 92 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 2.1% | 2020 | |
| 93 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 2.1% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.0% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 1.8% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 1.8% | 2021 | |
| 97 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 1.6% | 2020 | |
| 100 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.4% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 1.2% | 2023 | |
| 103 | United States | North America | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 1.1% | 2020 | |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2021 | |
| 106 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2022 | |
| 109 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.9% | 2022 | |
| 110 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.7% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2024 | |
| 121 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 0.5% | 2022 | |
| 122 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 123 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.5% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Bhutan | South Asia | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 125 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Canada | North America | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.3% | 2015 | |
| 131 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 134 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 135 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2020 | |
| 137 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2020 | |
| 138 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 139 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2019 | |
| 141 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 144 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 145 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 147 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 148 | Maldives | South Asia | 0.0% | 2019 | |
| 149 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 | |
| 150 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 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 $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)