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

Aid received, poverty lines, inequality, hunger and women in parliament. 14 indicators for the 59 economies in the upper-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Extreme poverty2.1%group, 2024 · world 10.1%Poverty, $4.20/day5.4%group, 2024 · world 18.2%Poverty, $8.30/day26.4%group, 2024 · world 46.2%National poverty rate19.7%median countryGini index37.9median countryTop 10% income share28.9%median countryBottom 20% income share6.3%median countryUndernourishment4.0%group, 2024 · world 8.1%
Extreme poverty
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0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020upper-middle-income countries2.1%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
Poverty, $4.20/day
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0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020upper-middle-income countries5.4%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
countries

All 59 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
Botswana21.4%#1 · 201535.8%#1 · 201563.2%#3 · 201516.1%#31 · 201554.9#1 · 201542.9%#1 · 20153.7%#46 · 201518.2%#3 · 2024
South Africa17.4%#2 · 202230.2%#2 · 202259.6%#5 · 202237.9%#4 · 202254.1#3 · 202242.1%#3 · 20223.7%#47 · 202211.2%#8 · 2024
Cabo Verde14.6%#3 · 201529.7%#3 · 201565.0%#1 · 201524.8%#15 · 202342.4#13 · 201532.3%#12 · 20155.7%#32 · 20158.1%#11 · 2024
Kosovo10.0%#4 · 202214.9%#9 · 202238.2%#12 · 202217.6%#26 · 201538.3#23 · 202225.1%#33 · 20224.5%#44 · 2022—
Guatemala9.7%#5 · 202317.6%#5 · 202347.3%#10 · 202356.0%#1 · 202345.2#6 · 202334.1%#8 · 20234.6%#43 · 202312.7%#5 · 2024
Equatorial Guinea8.8%#6 · 202221.5%#4 · 202258.1%#7 · 202250.7%#3 · 202238.5#22 · 202229.1%#24 · 20226.4%#24 · 2022—
Colombia8.5%#7 · 202414.7%#10 · 202437.0%#13 · 202431.8%#7 · 202454.4#2 · 202442.7%#2 · 20243.2%#48 · 20244.1%#24 · 2024
Philippines5.3%#8 · 202316.9%#6 · 202358.7%#6 · 20239.7%#36 · 202539.3#19 · 202331.6%#13 · 20236.9%#21 · 20233.4%#29 · 2024
Peru5.1%#9 · 202410.7%#13 · 202436.2%#15 · 202425.7%#12 · 202540.1#15 · 202430.3%#17 · 20245.6%#36 · 20245.7%#17 · 2024
Fiji4.7%#10 · 201915.1%#8 · 201961.3%#4 · 201924.1%#16 · 201930.7#38 · 201924.2%#38 · 20198.4%#10 · 20197.2%#13 · 2024
El Salvador4.6%#11 · 20238.6%#14 · 202329.9%#19 · 202327.2%#10 · 202339.8#18 · 202329.7%#21 · 20235.6%#34 · 20235.3%#20 · 2024
Georgia4.2%#12 · 202411.0%#12 · 202445.6%#11 · 20249.4%#37 · 202433.9#33 · 202426.2%#31 · 20247.3%#17 · 20242.5%#42 · 2024
North Macedonia3.9%#13 · 20197.4%#18 · 201920.5%#30 · 201921.9%#18 · 202333.5#34 · 201922.9%#43 · 20195.8%#31 · 20192.5%#48 · 2024
Gabon3.8%#14 · 20178.0%#16 · 201732.9%#17 · 201733.4%#6 · 201738.0#24 · 201727.7%#29 · 20176.0%#27 · 201723.3%#1 · 2024
Indonesia3.7%#15 · 202515.5%#7 · 202564.1%#2 · 20258.5%#38 · 202534.4#31 · 202528.7%#25 · 20258.3%#11 · 20256.3%#15 · 2024
Ecuador3.4%#16 · 20258.4%#15 · 202530.1%#18 · 202521.4%#21 · 202545.9#5 · 202535.1%#5 · 20254.8%#42 · 202510.8%#9 · 2024
Brazil3.0%#17 · 20246.2%#20 · 202420.6%#29 · 2024—50.3#4 · 202439.3%#4 · 20243.9%#45 · 20242.5%#39 · 2024
Sri Lanka2.7%#18 · 201911.5%#11 · 201953.3%#8 · 201914.3%#34 · 201937.7#25 · 201930.8%#16 · 20197.4%#15 · 20194.9%#22 · 2024
Iran2.5%#19 · 20237.5%#17 · 202336.0%#16 · 2023—35.9#29 · 202328.2%#27 · 20237.0%#20 · 20236.7%#14 · 2024
Montenegro2.5%#20 · 20214.0%#28 · 202114.5%#38 · 202120.0%#23 · 202334.3#32 · 202124.7%#35 · 20216.2%#25 · 20212.5%#47 · 2024
Suriname2.2%#21 · 20224.6%#23 · 202220.9%#28 · 202217.6%#27 · 202239.2#20 · 202230.1%#18 · 20225.9%#29 · 202212.7%#6 · 2024
Marshall Islands2.1%#22 · 20196.7%#19 · 201936.5%#14 · 20197.2%#41 · 201935.5#30 · 201927.5%#30 · 20197.2%#18 · 2019—
Paraguay2.1%#23 · 20244.5%#24 · 202420.5%#31 · 202416.0%#32 · 202544.2#7 · 202435.0%#6 · 20245.3%#40 · 20244.1%#25 · 2024
Mexico1.6%#24 · 20244.1%#26 · 202421.4%#25 · 202429.6%#8 · 202442.6#11 · 202433.4%#11 · 20245.6%#35 · 20243.1%#31 · 2024
Vietnam1.6%#25 · 20224.2%#25 · 202221.5%#24 · 20224.2%#46 · 202236.1#27 · 202228.1%#28 · 20226.8%#23 · 20226.1%#16 · 2024
Jamaica1.4%#26 · 20215.1%#22 · 202122.9%#23 · 20217.8%#40 · 202439.9#17 · 202129.6%#22 · 20215.7%#33 · 20218.0%#12 · 2024
Serbia1.1%#27 · 20232.1%#35 · 20239.0%#44 · 202319.7%#25 · 202332.8#36 · 202324.7%#36 · 20236.9%#22 · 20232.5%#49 · 2024
Argentina1.0%#28 · 20242.8%#30 · 202415.2%#36 · 202428.2%#9 · 202542.4#12 · 202431.2%#14 · 20245.1%#41 · 20242.8%#33 · 2024
Belize1.0%#29 · 20184.0%#27 · 201819.7%#33 · 201852.0%#2 · 201839.9#16 · 201830.0%#19 · 20185.8%#30 · 20184.4%#23 · 2024
Armenia0.8%#30 · 20245.7%#21 · 202447.4%#9 · 202421.7%#20 · 202427.4#44 · 202423.3%#41 · 20249.6%#5 · 20242.5%#35 · 2024
Dominican Republic0.8%#31 · 20242.0%#36 · 202414.0%#39 · 202417.3%#29 · 202539.0#21 · 202429.5%#23 · 20246.1%#26 · 20242.5%#41 · 2024
Grenada0.8%#32 · 20182.9%#29 · 201819.6%#34 · 201825.0%#13 · 201843.8#8 · 201833.7%#10 · 20185.5%#37 · 2018—
Iraq0.5%#33 · 20232.4%#31 · 202328.0%#20 · 202317.5%#28 · 202329.8#40 · 202324.2%#39 · 20238.9%#7 · 202313.4%#4 · 2024
Mauritius0.5%#34 · 20172.3%#32 · 201719.1%#35 · 20178.4%#39 · 202336.8#26 · 201729.9%#20 · 20177.2%#19 · 20174.9%#21 · 2024
Mongolia0.4%#35 · 20222.3%#33 · 202224.4%#22 · 202227.1%#11 · 202231.4#37 · 202224.6%#37 · 20228.2%#13 · 20222.5%#46 · 2024
Tonga0.4%#36 · 20211.8%#37 · 202126.7%#21 · 202120.6%#22 · 202127.1#45 · 202122.0%#46 · 20219.3%#6 · 2021—
Albania0.3%#37 · 20202.1%#34 · 202019.9%#32 · 202019.7%#24 · 202229.4#41 · 202022.8%#44 · 20208.4%#9 · 20205.6%#18 · 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3%#38 · 20211.0%#38 · 202111.7%#40 · 202116.9%#30 · 201530.3#39 · 202123.6%#40 · 20218.2%#12 · 20212.5%#38 · 2024
Türkiye0.2%#39 · 20230.4%#41 · 20234.1%#46 · 202313.0%#35 · 202443.7#10 · 202334.4%#7 · 20235.5%#39 · 20232.5%#50 · 2024
Saint Lucia0.1%#40 · 20150.3%#43 · 20157.8%#45 · 201525.0%#14 · 201543.7#9 · 201534.1%#9 · 20155.5%#38 · 2015—
Belarus0.0%#41 · 20200.1%#46 · 20202.6%#48 · 20203.5%#47 · 202424.4#48 · 202020.7%#48 · 202010.3%#1 · 20202.5%#37 · 2024
China0.0%#42 · 20220.5%#40 · 202221.3%#27 · 20220.0%#48 · 202036.0#28 · 202228.4%#26 · 20227.3%#16 · 20222.5%#40 · 2024
Kazakhstan0.0%#43 · 20210.3%#42 · 202115.2%#37 · 20215.0%#45 · 202429.2#43 · 202124.8%#34 · 20219.8%#4 · 20212.5%#43 · 2024
Malaysia0.0%#44 · 20210.1%#47 · 20212.9%#47 · 20215.1%#44 · 202340.7#14 · 202130.9%#15 · 20215.9%#28 · 20212.5%#44 · 2024
Maldives0.0%#45 · 20190.0%#48 · 201911.2%#43 · 20195.4%#42 · 201929.3#42 · 201923.3%#42 · 20198.9%#8 · 2019—
Moldova0.0%#46 · 20240.6%#39 · 202421.4%#26 · 202433.6%#5 · 202426.8#46 · 202422.7%#45 · 20249.9%#3 · 20242.5%#45 · 2024
Thailand0.0%#47 · 20240.2%#44 · 202411.7%#41 · 20245.4%#43 · 202233.3#35 · 202426.0%#32 · 20247.9%#14 · 20245.4%#19 · 2024
Ukraine0.0%#48 · 20200.2%#45 · 202011.3%#42 · 202023.2%#17 · 202025.6#47 · 202021.7%#47 · 202010.0%#2 · 202010.8%#10 · 2024
Algeria———————2.5%#34 · 2024
Azerbaijan———————2.5%#36 · 2024
Cuba———————3.5%#28 · 2024
Dominica———————3.0%#32 · 2024
Jordan———15.7%#33 · 2018———12.2%#7 · 2024
Libya———————18.7%#2 · 2024
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines———————4.0%#27 · 2024
Samoa———21.9%#19 · 2018———3.4%#30 · 2024
Turkmenistan———————4.1%#26 · 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 poverty48 countries
  1. 1Botswana21.4%2015
  2. 2South Africa17.4%2022
  3. 3Cabo Verde14.6%2015
Lowest
  1. 48Ukraine0.0%2020
  2. 47Thailand0.0%2024
  3. 46Moldova0.0%2024
Median country 1.6% · group 2.1%
Poverty, $4.20/day48 countries
  1. 1Botswana35.8%2015
  2. 2South Africa30.2%2022
  3. 3Cabo Verde29.7%2015
Lowest
  1. 48Maldives0.0%2019
  2. 47Malaysia0.1%2021
  3. 46Belarus0.1%2020
Median country 4.3% · group 5.4%
Poverty, $8.30/day48 countries
  1. 1Cabo Verde65.0%2015
  2. 2Indonesia64.1%2025
  3. 3Botswana63.2%2015
Lowest
  1. 48Belarus2.6%2020
  2. 47Malaysia2.9%2021
  3. 46Türkiye4.1%2023
Median country 21.4% · group 26.4%
National poverty rate48 countries
  1. 1Guatemala56.0%2023
  2. 2Belize52.0%2018
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea50.7%2022
Lowest
  1. 48China0.0%2020
  2. 47Belarus3.5%2024
  3. 46Vietnam4.2%2022
Median country 19.7%
Gini index48 countries
  1. 1Botswana54.92015
  2. 2Colombia54.42024
  3. 3South Africa54.12022
Lowest
  1. 48Belarus24.42020
  2. 47Ukraine25.62020
  3. 46Moldova26.82024
Median country 37.9
Top 10% income share48 countries
  1. 1Botswana42.9%2015
  2. 2Colombia42.7%2024
  3. 3South Africa42.1%2022
Lowest
  1. 48Belarus20.7%2020
  2. 47Ukraine21.7%2020
  3. 46Tonga22.0%2021
Median country 28.9%
Bottom 20% income share48 countries
  1. 1Belarus10.3%2020
  2. 2Ukraine10.0%2020
  3. 3Moldova9.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 48Colombia3.2%2024
  2. 47South Africa3.7%2022
  3. 46Botswana3.7%2015
Median country 6.3%
Undernourishment50 countries
  1. 1Gabon23.3%2024
  2. 2Libya18.7%2024
  3. 3Botswana18.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 50Türkiye2.5%2024
  2. 49Serbia2.5%2024
  3. 48North Macedonia2.5%2024
Median country 4.1% · group 4.0%
Food insecurity46 countries
  1. 1Jamaica55.8%2024
  2. 2Botswana52.0%2024
  3. 3Guatemala49.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Belarus1.0%2024
  2. 45Kazakhstan1.4%2024
  3. 44Indonesia4.2%2024
Median country 21.9% · group 12.6%
Account ownership42 countries
  1. 1Mongolia98.3%2024
  2. 2Thailand91.8%2024
  3. 3Iran91.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 42Iraq30.2%2024
  2. 41Libya33.1%2024
  3. 40Algeria35.3%2024
Median country 69.4% · group 84.0%
Women in parliament58 countries
  1. 1Cuba55.7%2025
  2. 2Mexico50.2%2025
  3. 3Ecuador45.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 58Tuvalu0.0%2025
  2. 57Maldives3.2%2025
  3. 56Tonga3.8%2025
Median country 22.8% · group 27.0%
Net ODA received59 countries
  1. 1Ukraine$38.9bn2023
  2. 2Jordan$2.8bn2023
  3. 3Iraq$2.0bn2023
Lowest
  1. 59China−$267m2023
  2. 58Malaysia$6.6m2023
  3. 57Equatorial Guinea$11.7m2023
Median country $224m · group $57.4bn
ODA, % of GNI59 countries
  1. 1Tuvalu101.8%2023
  2. 2Marshall Islands39.8%2023
  3. 3Micronesia25.1%2023
Lowest
  1. 59China0.0%2023
  2. 58Malaysia0.0%2023
  3. 57Thailand0.0%2023
Median country 0.7% · group 0.2%
ODA per person59 countries
  1. 1Tuvalu$6,9622023
  2. 2Marshall Islands$3,2482023
  3. 3Tonga$1,2392023
Lowest
  1. 59China−$0.192023
  2. 58Malaysia$0.192023
  3. 57Thailand$1.22023
Median country $58.5 · group $18.8
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