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Poverty at $8.30 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 98.0%; Qatar is lowest at 0.0%.
World 46.2% (2024)Median country 22.9%151 countries
Poverty, $8.30/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, $8.30/day | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 98.0% | 2020 | |
| 2 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 97.6% | 2016 | |
| 3 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 97.4% | 2020 | |
| 4 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 97.1% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 96.6% | 2021 | |
| 6 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 96.3% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 96.1% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 96.1% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 94.0% | 2022 | |
| 10 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.6% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.5% | 2021 | |
| 12 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 92.9% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.5% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.5% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.4% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 90.4% | 2021 | |
| 17 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 90.1% | 2022 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.8% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.5% | 2022 | |
| 20 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 89.3% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 88.6% | 2021 | |
| 22 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 88.3% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 87.1% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 87.0% | 2021 | |
| 25 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.5% | 2021 | |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.2% | 2019 | |
| 27 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 85.4% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 83.8% | 2017 | |
| 29 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 81.3% | 2019 | |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 80.9% | 2021 | |
| 31 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.8% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 80.0% | 2018 | |
| 33 | India | South Asia | 80.0% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 79.8% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 79.3% | 2016 | |
| 36 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 78.6% | 2021 | |
| 37 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 78.2% | 2020 | |
| 38 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 76.6% | 2018 | |
| 39 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.0% | 2021 | |
| 40 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 71.5% | 2022 | |
| 41 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.2% | 2019 | |
| 42 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 70.3% | 2024 | |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 70.0% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.2% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 65.2% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.0% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 64.1% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.2% | 2015 | |
| 49 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 61.3% | 2019 | |
| 50 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.1% | 2015 | |
| 51 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.6% | 2022 | |
| 52 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 58.7% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 58.5% | 2021 | |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 58.1% | 2022 | |
| 55 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 55.4% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 53.3% | 2019 | |
| 57 | Nepal | South Asia | 52.7% | 2022 | |
| 58 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 52.0% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 50.7% | 2022 | |
| 60 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.8% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 47.4% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 47.3% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 45.6% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 38.2% | 2022 | |
| 65 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 37.0% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 36.5% | 2019 | |
| 67 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 36.2% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.0% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.9% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| 71 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.9% | 2023 | |
| 72 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.6% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.0% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 26.7% | 2021 | |
| 75 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 24.4% | 2022 | |
| 76 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 22.9% | 2021 | |
| 77 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 21.5% | 2022 | |
| 78 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| 80 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 21.3% | 2022 | |
| 81 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.9% | 2022 | |
| 82 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 20.7% | 2021 | |
| 83 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.6% | 2024 | |
| 84 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.5% | 2019 | |
| 85 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.5% | 2024 | |
| 86 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 19.9% | 2020 | |
| 87 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.8% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.7% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.6% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.1% | 2017 | |
| 91 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.4% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.8% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.2% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 15.2% | 2021 | |
| 95 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2021 | |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.0% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 12.4% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7% | 2021 | |
| 99 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 11.7% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 11.3% | 2020 | |
| 101 | Maldives | South Asia | 11.2% | 2019 | |
| 102 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.7% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Bhutan | South Asia | 9.0% | 2022 | |
| 104 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.0% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.4% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.8% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.9% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 4.9% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.5% | 2024 | |
| 111 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.4% | 2022 | |
| 113 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 3.3% | 2020 | |
| 116 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 117 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 2.9% | 2021 | |
| 119 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 2.6% | 2020 | |
| 121 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 2.0% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| 125 | United States | North America | 1.8% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 1.6% | 2022 | |
| 127 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 1.5% | 2020 | |
| 128 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 1.5% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 131 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 134 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% | 2021 | |
| 135 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Canada | North America | 0.6% | 2022 | |
| 137 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.6% | 2018 | |
| 139 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 140 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2019 | |
| 142 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 144 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 147 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 148 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 151 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2017 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)