World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

Poverty Rate

Country (%)
Equatorial Guinea 76.8 in 2006 WB
South Sudan 76.4 in 2016 WB
Madagascar 70.7 in 2012 WB
Guinea Bissau 69.3 in 2010 WB
Eritrea 69 in 1993 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 66.7 in 2017 WB
Burundi 64.9 in 2013 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 63.9 in 2012 WB
Central African Republic 62 in 2008 WB
Guatemala 59.3 in 2014 WB
Eswatini 58.9 in 2016 WB
Haiti 58.5 in 2012 WB
Sierra Leone 56.8 in 2018 WB
South Africa 55.5 in 2014 WB
Togo 55.1 in 2015 WB
Afghanistan 54.5 in 2016 WB
Zambia 54.4 in 2015 WB
Malawi 51.5 in 2016 WB
Liberia 50.9 in 2016 WB
Turkmenistan 49.8 in 1998 WB
Lesotho 49.7 in 2017 WB
Gambia 48.6 in 2015 WB
Yemen 48.6 in 2014 WB
Honduras 48.3 in 2018 WB
Senegal 46.7 in 2011 WB
Sudan 46.5 in 2009 WB
Mozambique 46.1 in 2014 WB
Guinea 43.7 in 2018 WB
Comoros 42.4 in 2013 WB
Chad 42.3 in 2018 WB
Mali 42.1 in 2019 WB
Mexico 41.9 in 2018 WB
Timor-Leste 41.8 in 2014 WB
Burkina Faso 41.4 in 2018 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 41.2 in 2013 WB
Congo 40.9 in 2011 WB
Niger 40.8 in 2018 WB
Nigeria 40.1 in 2018 WB
Papua New Guinea 39.9 in 2009 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 39.5 in 2018 WB
Benin 38.5 in 2019 WB
Zimbabwe 38.3 in 2019 WB
Rwanda 38.2 in 2016 WB
Cameroon 37.5 in 2014 WB
Bolivia 37.2 in 2019 WB
Kenya 36.1 in 2015 WB
Colombia 35.7 in 2019 WB
Argentina 35.5 in 2019 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 35.2 in 2007 WB
Cabo Verde 35 in 2015 WB
Gabon 33.4 in 2017 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 33.1 in 2015 WB
Egypt 32.5 in 2017 WB
Angola 32.3 in 2018 WB
Mauritania 31 in 2014 WB
Fiji 29.9 in 2019 WB
Palestine 29.2 in 2016 WB
Mongolia 28.4 in 2018 WB
Lebanon 27.4 in 2011 WB
Armenia 26.4 in 2019 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 26.4 in 2017 WB
Tajikistan 26.3 in 2019 WB
Tuvalu 26.3 in 2010 WB
Seychelles 25.3 in 2018 WB
Nepal 25.2 in 2010 WB
Ecuador 25 in 2019 WB
Saint Lucia 25 in 2016 WB
Nicaragua 24.9 in 2016 WB
Palau 24.9 in 2006 WB
Myanmar 24.8 in 2017 WB
Montenegro 24.5 in 2018 WB
Bangladesh 24.3 in 2016 WB
Pakistan 24.3 in 2015 WB
Bulgaria 23.8 in 2019 WB
Romania 23.8 in 2018 WB
Ethiopia 23.5 in 2015 WB
Paraguay 23.5 in 2019 WB
Ghana 23.4 in 2016 WB
Serbia 23.2 in 2018 WB
Latvia 22.9 in 2018 WB
El Salvador 22.8 in 2019 WB
Tonga 22.5 in 2009 WB
Panama 22.1 in 2016 WB
India 21.9 in 2011 WB
Kiribati 21.8 in 2006 WB
Estonia 21.7 in 2018 WB
North Macedonia 21.6 in 2018 WB
Uganda 21.4 in 2016 WB
Djibouti 21.1 in 2017 WB
Suriname 21.1 in 1999 WB
Costa Rica 21 in 2019 WB
Dominican Republic 21 in 2019 WB
Spain 20.7 in 2018 WB
Lithuania 20.6 in 2018 WB
Samoa 20.3 in 2013 WB
Peru 20.2 in 2019 WB
Italy 20.1 in 2018 WB
Kyrgyzstan 20.1 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 19.9 in 2012 WB
Georgia 19.5 in 2019 WB
Botswana 19.3 in 2009 WB
Iraq 18.9 in 2012 WB
United Kingdom 18.6 in 2017 WB
Croatia 18.3 in 2018 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 18.3 in 2018 WB
Greece 17.9 in 2018 WB
Cambodia 17.7 in 2012 WB
Luxembourg 17.5 in 2018 WB
Namibia 17.4 in 2015 WB
Portugal 17.2 in 2018 WB
Malta 17.1 in 2018 WB
Sweden 17.1 in 2018 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.9 in 2015 WB
Philippines 16.7 in 2018 WB
Switzerland 16 in 2018 WB
Jordan 15.7 in 2018 WB
Poland 15.4 in 2018 WB
Tunisia 15.2 in 2015 WB
Belgium 14.8 in 2018 WB
Germany 14.8 in 2018 WB
Cyprus 14.7 in 2018 WB
Turkey 14.4 in 2018 WB
Albania 14.3 in 2012 WB
Uzbekistan 14.1 in 2013 WB
Belize 13.9 in 1999 WB
France 13.6 in 2018 WB
Netherlands 13.6 in 2019 WB
Austria 13.3 in 2018 WB
Ireland 13.1 in 2018 WB
Norway 12.7 in 2018 WB
Solomon Islands 12.7 in 2012 WB
Vanuatu 12.7 in 2010 WB
Russian Federation 12.6 in 2018 WB
Denmark 12.5 in 2018 WB
Hungary 12.3 in 2018 WB
Finland 12.2 in 2019 WB
Slovenia 12 in 2018 WB
Slovakia 11.9 in 2018 WB
Guyana 11.8 in 1998 WB
Mauritius 10.3 in 2017 WB
Czech Republic 10.1 in 2018 WB
Thailand 9.9 in 2018 WB
Indonesia 9.4 in 2019 WB
Iceland 8.8 in 2017 WB
United States of America 8.8 in 2022 CB
Uruguay 8.8 in 2019 WB
Chile 8.6 in 2017 WB
Bhutan 8.2 in 2017 WB
Maldives 8.2 in 2016 WB
Republic of Moldova 7.3 in 2018 WB
Viet Nam 6.7 in 2018 WB
Azerbaijan 6 in 2012 WB
Malaysia 5.6 in 2018 WB
Algeria 5.5 in 2011 WB
Belarus 5 in 2019 WB
Morocco 4.8 in 2013 WB
Brazil 4.6 in 2019 WB
Kazakhstan 4.3 in 2018 WB
Sri Lanka 4.1 in 2016 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 3.2 in 1992 WB
Ukraine 1.1 in 2019 WB
Japan 0.7 in 2013 WB
China 0.6 in 2019 WB
Australia 0.5 in 2014 WB
Iran 0.5 in 2018 WB
Canada 0.2 in 2017 WB
Israel 0.2 in 2016 WB
Republic of Korea 0.2 in 2016 WB
Puerto Rico 38.8 in 2022 CB
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