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Aid, poverty & equality in high-income countries: how the countries rank

Aid received, poverty lines, inequality, hunger and women in parliament. 11 indicators for the 86 economies in the high income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Extreme poverty0.6%high-income countries, 2024 · world 10.1%Poverty, $4.20/day0.7%high-income countries, 2024 · world 18.2%Poverty, $8.30/day1.7%high-income countries, 2024 · world 46.2%National poverty rate16.0%median countryGini index32.2median countryTop 10% income share25.0%median countryBottom 20% income share7.6%median countryUndernourishment2.6%high-income countries, 2024 · world 8.1%
Extreme poverty
high-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020high-income countries0.6%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
Poverty, $4.20/day
high-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020high-income countries0.7%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
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All 86 economies, aid, poverty & equality

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its aid, poverty & equality profile.

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CountryExtreme povertyPoverty, $4.20/dayPoverty, $8.30/dayNational poverty rateGini indexTop 10% income shareBottom 20% income shareUndernourishment
Panama3.1%#1 · 20246.8%#1 · 202419.8%#1 · 202421.7%#5 · 202349.7#1 · 202437.6%#1 · 20243.6%#46 · 20244.7%#4 · 2024
Barbados1.7%#2 · 20163.2%#2 · 201615.8%#2 · 201625.7%#1 · 201634.1#11 · 201625.8%#16 · 20166.9%#33 · 20165.0%#3 · 2024
Japan1.2%#3 · 20201.6%#6 · 20203.3%#12 · 2020—32.3#23 · 202024.3%#29 · 20206.8%#35 · 20202.5%#29 · 2024
Lithuania1.1%#4 · 20231.2%#9 · 20233.2%#14 · 202320.9%#7 · 202136.0#8 · 202327.3%#7 · 20236.5%#37 · 20232.5%#32 · 2024
United States1.1%#5 · 20241.2%#10 · 20241.8%#20 · 2024—41.8#4 · 202430.7%#5 · 20245.1%#44 · 20242.5%#51 · 2024
Bulgaria1.0%#6 · 20231.6%#5 · 20234.4%#9 · 202321.2%#6 · 202439.5#6 · 202331.1%#4 · 20236.0%#40 · 20232.5%#10 · 2024
Australia0.9%#7 · 20201.1%#11 · 20201.5%#22 · 2020—33.8#14 · 202025.9%#15 · 20207.2%#27 · 20202.5%#7 · 2024
Hungary0.9%#8 · 20171.8%#3 · 20174.9%#7 · 201712.1%#34 · 202130.6#31 · 201723.9%#31 · 20177.9%#15 · 20172.5%#24 · 2024
Italy0.9%#9 · 20231.0%#12 · 20231.9%#19 · 202320.1%#10 · 202134.3#10 · 202325.8%#17 · 20236.6%#36 · 20232.5%#28 · 2024
Costa Rica0.8%#10 · 20251.7%#4 · 20259.7%#3 · 202517.1%#16 · 202545.5#2 · 202534.3%#3 · 20254.7%#45 · 20252.5%#13 · 2024
Spain0.8%#11 · 20231.0%#13 · 20232.3%#16 · 202320.2%#9 · 202233.4#19 · 202324.5%#28 · 20236.5%#39 · 20232.5%#46 · 2024
Sweden0.8%#12 · 20230.9%#17 · 20231.5%#23 · 202316.1%#19 · 202229.3#35 · 202322.3%#38 · 20237.9%#16 · 20232.5%#47 · 2024
Germany0.7%#13 · 20220.9%#14 · 20221.6%#21 · 202214.8%#23 · 202133.7#15 · 202226.2%#12 · 20226.9%#34 · 20222.5%#21 · 2024
Romania0.7%#14 · 20231.3%#8 · 20235.1%#6 · 202318.4%#13 · 202429.8#34 · 202321.8%#40 · 20237.0%#32 · 20232.5%#40 · 2024
Seychelles0.7%#15 · 20181.4%#7 · 20188.4%#4 · 201825.3%#2 · 201832.1#24 · 201823.9%#32 · 20187.1%#31 · 20182.5%#43 · 2024
Greece0.6%#16 · 20230.8%#18 · 20233.2%#13 · 202318.8%#11 · 202133.4#18 · 202326.0%#14 · 20237.2%#28 · 20232.5%#22 · 2024
Austria0.5%#17 · 20230.6%#23 · 20231.0%#27 · 202314.8%#22 · 202131.2#29 · 202324.8%#25 · 20237.7%#18 · 20232.5%#8 · 2024
Slovakia0.5%#18 · 20230.8%#19 · 20234.1%#11 · 202313.7%#27 · 202123.8#46 · 202318.8%#46 · 20239.1%#10 · 2023—
Chile0.4%#19 · 20240.7%#20 · 20244.5%#8 · 20246.5%#38 · 202243.0#3 · 202434.3%#2 · 20245.8%#41 · 20242.5%#12 · 2024
Denmark0.4%#20 · 20230.4%#28 · 20230.6%#32 · 202312.4%#30 · 202129.9#33 · 202325.5%#19 · 20239.1%#8 · 20232.5%#17 · 2024
Israel0.4%#21 · 20220.9%#15 · 20224.4%#10 · 2022—38.3#7 · 202227.0%#8 · 20225.2%#43 · 20222.5%#27 · 2024
Latvia0.4%#22 · 20230.7%#21 · 20232.8%#15 · 202322.5%#4 · 202234.0#12 · 202326.2%#13 · 20237.2%#29 · 20232.5%#31 · 2024
Malta0.4%#23 · 20230.9%#16 · 20231.1%#25 · 202316.7%#17 · 202131.8#27 · 202324.7%#26 · 20237.6%#22 · 20232.5%#34 · 2024
Portugal0.4%#24 · 20230.7%#22 · 20232.2%#17 · 202316.4%#18 · 202133.9#13 · 202326.9%#9 · 20237.4%#25 · 20232.5%#39 · 2024
United Kingdom0.4%#25 · 20210.5%#26 · 20210.9%#29 · 202118.6%#12 · 201732.4#22 · 202125.0%#24 · 20217.6%#24 · 20212.5%#50 · 2024
Canada0.3%#26 · 20220.3%#30 · 20220.6%#31 · 2022—31.5#28 · 202224.6%#27 · 20227.7%#19 · 20222.5%#11 · 2024
Croatia0.3%#27 · 20230.6%#24 · 20232.0%#18 · 202320.3%#8 · 202430.1#32 · 202323.3%#34 · 20237.8%#17 · 20232.5%#14 · 2024
Estonia0.3%#28 · 20230.6%#25 · 20231.3%#24 · 202322.5%#3 · 202230.7#30 · 202323.7%#33 · 20238.3%#13 · 20232.5%#18 · 2024
Finland0.2%#29 · 20230.2%#31 · 20230.4%#35 · 202312.2%#32 · 202227.4#38 · 202322.5%#36 · 20239.2%#5 · 20232.5%#19 · 2024
Norway0.2%#30 · 20230.2%#32 · 20230.4%#37 · 202312.2%#33 · 202126.5#41 · 202321.6%#41 · 20239.1%#9 · 20232.5%#37 · 2024
Poland0.2%#31 · 20230.4%#29 · 20231.1%#26 · 202313.5%#28 · 202528.5#37 · 202322.9%#35 · 20238.6%#12 · 20232.5%#38 · 2024
Uruguay0.2%#32 · 20240.5%#27 · 20245.9%#5 · 202417.3%#15 · 202440.0#5 · 202430.0%#6 · 20245.7%#42 · 20242.5%#52 · 2024
Belgium0.1%#33 · 20230.1%#35 · 20230.3%#38 · 202312.3%#31 · 202226.8#39 · 202322.2%#39 · 20239.1%#7 · 20232.5%#9 · 2024
France0.1%#34 · 20230.1%#36 · 20230.3%#39 · 202315.6%#21 · 202131.8#26 · 202325.0%#21 · 20237.7%#20 · 20232.5%#20 · 2024
Iceland0.1%#35 · 20190.1%#37 · 20190.4%#36 · 20198.8%#36 · 201726.8#40 · 201922.4%#37 · 20199.4%#3 · 20192.5%#25 · 2024
Ireland0.1%#36 · 20230.1%#38 · 20230.3%#40 · 202314.0%#25 · 202129.0#36 · 202324.1%#30 · 20239.2%#6 · 20232.5%#26 · 2024
Luxembourg0.1%#37 · 20230.1%#39 · 20230.2%#43 · 202317.3%#14 · 202133.6#16 · 202325.0%#22 · 20237.1%#30 · 20232.5%#33 · 2024
Netherlands0.1%#38 · 20210.1%#40 · 20210.3%#41 · 202114.5%#24 · 202125.7#44 · 202121.4%#43 · 20219.4%#4 · 20212.5%#35 · 2024
Russia0.1%#39 · 20230.2%#33 · 20230.9%#28 · 20237.2%#37 · 202433.0#20 · 202325.1%#20 · 20237.7%#21 · 20232.5%#41 · 2024
South Korea0.1%#40 · 20210.2%#34 · 20210.5%#34 · 2021—32.9#21 · 202125.0%#23 · 20217.4%#26 · 20212.5%#45 · 2024
Switzerland0.1%#41 · 20230.1%#41 · 20230.3%#42 · 202315.8%#20 · 202133.5#17 · 202326.3%#11 · 20237.6%#23 · 20232.5%#48 · 2024
Cyprus0.0%#42 · 20230.0%#42 · 20230.1%#44 · 202313.9%#26 · 202131.8#25 · 202326.3%#10 · 20238.6%#11 · 20232.5%#15 · 2024
Czechia0.0%#43 · 20230.0%#43 · 20230.8%#30 · 202310.2%#35 · 202125.7#43 · 202321.5%#42 · 20239.5%#2 · 20232.5%#16 · 2024
Qatar0.0%#44 · 20170.0%#44 · 20170.0%#46 · 2017—35.1#9 · 201725.8%#18 · 20176.5%#38 · 2017—
Slovenia0.0%#45 · 20230.0%#45 · 20230.1%#45 · 202312.7%#29 · 202224.7#45 · 202320.6%#44 · 202310.0%#1 · 20232.5%#44 · 2024
United Arab Emirates0.0%#46 · 20180.0%#46 · 20180.6%#33 · 2018—26.4#42 · 201820.5%#45 · 20188.2%#14 · 20182.5%#49 · 2024
French Polynesia———————2.6%#6 · 2024
Guyana———————2.5%#23 · 2024
Kuwait———————2.5%#30 · 2024
New Caledonia———————4.1%#5 · 2024
New Zealand———————2.5%#36 · 2024
Oman———————7.1%#2 · 2024
Saudi Arabia———————2.5%#42 · 2024
Trinidad and Tobago———————10.4%#1 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Extreme poverty46 countries
  1. 1Panama3.1%2024
  2. 2Barbados1.7%2016
  3. 3Japan1.2%2020
Lowest
  1. 46United Arab Emirates0.0%2018
  2. 45Slovenia0.0%2023
  3. 44Qatar0.0%2017
Median country 0.4% · group 0.6%
Poverty, $4.20/day46 countries
  1. 1Panama6.8%2024
  2. 2Barbados3.2%2016
  3. 3Hungary1.8%2017
Lowest
  1. 46United Arab Emirates0.0%2018
  2. 45Slovenia0.0%2023
  3. 44Qatar0.0%2017
Median country 0.6% · group 0.7%
Poverty, $8.30/day46 countries
  1. 1Panama19.8%2024
  2. 2Barbados15.8%2016
  3. 3Costa Rica9.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 46Qatar0.0%2017
  2. 45Slovenia0.1%2023
  3. 44Cyprus0.1%2023
Median country 1.4% · group 1.7%
National poverty rate38 countries
  1. 1Barbados25.7%2016
  2. 2Seychelles25.3%2018
  3. 3Estonia22.5%2022
Lowest
  1. 38Chile6.5%2022
  2. 37Russia7.2%2024
  3. 36Iceland8.8%2017
Median country 16.0%
Gini index46 countries
  1. 1Panama49.72024
  2. 2Costa Rica45.52025
  3. 3Chile43.02024
Lowest
  1. 46Slovakia23.82023
  2. 45Slovenia24.72023
  3. 44Netherlands25.72021
Median country 32.2
Top 10% income share46 countries
  1. 1Panama37.6%2024
  2. 2Chile34.3%2024
  3. 3Costa Rica34.3%2025
Lowest
  1. 46Slovakia18.8%2023
  2. 45United Arab Emirates20.5%2018
  3. 44Slovenia20.6%2023
Median country 25.0%
Bottom 20% income share46 countries
  1. 1Slovenia10.0%2023
  2. 2Czechia9.5%2023
  3. 3Iceland9.4%2019
Lowest
  1. 46Panama3.6%2024
  2. 45Costa Rica4.7%2025
  3. 44United States5.1%2024
Median country 7.6%
Undernourishment52 countries
  1. 1Trinidad and Tobago10.4%2024
  2. 2Oman7.1%2024
  3. 3Barbados5.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 52Uruguay2.5%2024
  2. 51United States2.5%2024
  3. 50United Kingdom2.5%2024
Median country 2.5% · group 2.6%
Food insecurity53 countries
  1. 1Barbados31.1%2022
  2. 2Nauru29.9%2022
  3. 3Palau28.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 53Cyprus1.4%2024
  2. 52Italy1.7%2024
  3. 51Switzerland2.6%2024
Median country 9.1% · group 7.9%
Account ownership50 countries
  1. 1Iceland99.9%2024
  2. 2Finland99.8%2024
  3. 3Austria99.5%2024
Lowest
  1. 50Panama64.1%2024
  2. 49Oman69.5%2024
  3. 48Romania71.3%2024
Median country 96.7% · group 94.9%
Women in parliament64 countries
  1. 1Andorra50.0%2025
  2. 2United Arab Emirates50.0%2025
  3. 3Costa Rica49.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 64Oman0.0%2025
  2. 63Kuwait3.1%2023
  3. 62Antigua and Barbuda5.6%2025
Median country 31.3% · group 31.2%
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