Population below poverty line
| Afghanistan | 35.8% (2011 est.) |
| Albania | 14.3% (2012 est.) |
| Algeria | 23% (2006 est.) |
| American Samoa | NA% |
| Andorra | NA% |
| Angola | 40.5% (2006 est.) |
| Anguilla | 23% (2002 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | NA% |
| Argentina | 32.2% note: data are based on private estimates (2016 est.) |
| Armenia | 32% (2013 est.) |
| Aruba | NA% |
| Australia | NA% |
| Austria | 4% (2014 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 4.9% (2015 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 9.3% (2010 est.) |
| Bahrain | NA% |
| Bangladesh | 31.5% (2010 est.) |
| Barbados | NA% |
| Belarus | 5.7% (2016 est.) |
| Belgium | 15.1% (2013 est.) |
| Belize | 41% (2013 est.) |
| Benin | 36.2% (2011 est.) |
| Bermuda | 11% (2008 est.) |
| Bhutan | 13.3% (2012 est.) |
| Bolivia | 38.6% note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.2% (2011 est.) |
| Botswana | 30.3% (2003 est.) |
| Brazil | "3.7% note: approximately 4% of the population are below the ""extreme"" poverty line (2016 est.) " |
| British Virgin Islands | NA% |
| Brunei | NA% |
| Bulgaria | 22% (2015 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 40.1% (2009 est.) |
| Burma | 25.6% (2016 est.) |
| Burundi | 64.6% (2014 est.) |
| Cambodia | 17.7% (2012 est.) |
| Cameroon | 30% (2001 est.) |
| Canada | 9.4% note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 30% (2000 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | NA% |
| Central African Republic | NA% |
| Chad | 46.7% (2011 est.) |
| Chile | 14.4% (2013) |
| China | 3.3% note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $400) (2016 est.) |
| Colombia | 27.8% (2015 est.) |
| Comoros | 44.8% (2004 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 63% (2012 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 46.5% (2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands | NA% |
| Costa Rica | 21.7% (2014 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 46.3% (2015 est.) |
| Croatia | 19.5% (2014 est.) |
| Cuba | NA% |
| Cyprus | NA% |
| Denmark | 13.4% (2011 est.) |
| Djibouti | 23% note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity (2015 est.) |
| Dominica | 29% (2009 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 30.5% (2016 est.) |
| East Timor | 41.8% (2014 est.) |
| Ecuador | 25.6% (December 2013 est) |
| Egypt | 25.2% (2011 est.) |
| El Salvador | 34.9% (2015 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 44% (2011 est.) |
| Eritrea | 50% (2004 est.) |
| Estonia | 21.3% (2015 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 29.6% (2014 est.) |
| European Union | 9.8% note: see individual country entries of member states (2013 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA% |
| Faroe Islands | 4.2% (2012 est.) |
| Fiji | 31% (2009 est.) |
| Finland | NA% |
| France | 14% (2013 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 19.7% (2009 est.) |
| Gabon | NA% (2015 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 48.4% (2010 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 30% note: data exclude the West Bank (2011 est.) |
| Georgia | 9.2% (2010 est.) |
| Germany | 16.7% (2015 est.) |
| Ghana | 24.2% (2013 est.) |
| Gibraltar | NA% |
| Greece | 36% (2014 est.) |
| Greenland | 16.2% (2015 est.) |
| Grenada | 38% (2008 est.) |
| Guam | 23% (2001 est.) |
| Guatemala | 59.3% (2014 est.) |
| Guernsey | NA% |
| Guinea | 47% (2006 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 67% (2015 est.) |
| Guyana | 35% (2006 est.) |
| Haiti | 58.5% (2012 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | NA% |
| Honduras | 29.6% (2014) |
| Hong Kong | 19.6% (2012 est.) |
| Hungary | 14.9% (2015 est.) |
| Iceland | NA% note: 332,100 families (2011 est.) |
| India | 21.9% (2011 est.) |
| Indonesia | 10.9% (2016 est.) |
| Iran | 18.7% (2007 est.) |
| Iraq | 23% (2014 est.) |
| Ireland | 8.2% (2013 est.) |
| Isle of Man | NA% |
| Israel | 22% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2014 est.) |
| Italy | 29.9% (2012 est.) |
| Jamaica | 16.5% (2009 est.) |
| Japan | 16.1% (2013 est.) |
| Jersey | NA% |
| Jordan | 14.2% (2002 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 2.7% (2015 est.) |
| Kenya | 43.4% (2012 est.) |
| Kiribati | NA% |
| Korea, North | NA% |
| Korea, South | 12.5% (2015 est.) |
| Kosovo | 30% (2013 est.) |
| Kuwait | NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32.1% (2015 est.) |
| Laos | 22% (2013 est.) |
| Latvia | 25.5% (2015) |
| Lebanon | 28.6% (2004 est.) |
| Lesotho | 57% (2016 est.) |
| Liberia | 54.1% (2014 est.) |
| Libya | NA% note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line |
| Liechtenstein | NA% |
| Lithuania | 22.2% (2015 est.) |
| Luxembourg | NA% |
| Macau | NA% |
| Macedonia | 21.5% (2015 est.) |
| Madagascar | 70.7% (2012 est.) |
| Malawi | 50.7% (2010 est.) |
| Malaysia | 3.8% (2009 est.) |
| Maldives | 16% (2008 est.) |
| Mali | 36.1% (2005 est.) |
| Malta | 16.3% (2015 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | NA% |
| Mauritania | 31% (2014 est.) |
| Mauritius | 8% (2006 est.) |
| Mexico | 46.2% note: based on food-based definition of poverty; asset-based poverty amounted to more than 47% (2014 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 26.7% (2000 est.) |
| Moldova | 20.8% (2013 est.) |
| Monaco | NA% |
| Mongolia | 21.6% (2014 est.) |
| Montenegro | 8.6% (2013 est.) |
| Montserrat | NA% |
| Morocco | 15% (2007 est.) |
| Mozambique | 46.1% (2015 est.) |
| Namibia | 28.7% (2010 est.) |
| Nauru | NA% |
| Nepal | 25.2% (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands | 8.8% (2015 est.) |
| New Caledonia | 17% (2008) |
| New Zealand | NA% |
| Nicaragua | 29.6% (2015 est.) |
| Niger | 45.4% (2014 est.) |
| Nigeria | 70% (2010 est.) |
| Niue | NA% |
| Northern Mariana Islands | NA% |
| Norway | NA% |
| Oman | NA% |
| Pakistan | 29.5% (FY2013 est.) |
| Palau | NA% |
| Panama | 23% (2015 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 37% (2002 est.) |
| Paraguay | 22.2% (2015 est.) |
| Peru | 22.7% (2014 est.) |
| Philippines | 21.6% (2015 est.) |
| Poland | 17.6% (2015 est.) |
| Portugal | 19% (2015 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | NA% |
| Qatar | NA% |
| Romania | 22.4% (2012 est.) |
| Russia | 13.3% (2015 est.) |
| Rwanda | 39.1% (2015 est.) |
| Saint Helena | NA% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | NA% |
| Saint Lucia | NA% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | NA% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NA% |
| Samoa | NA% |
| San Marino | NA% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 66.2% (2009 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | NA% |
| Senegal | 46.7% (2011 est.) |
| Serbia | 8.9% (2014 est.) |
| Seychelles | 39.3% (2013 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 70.2% (2004 est.) |
| Singapore | NA% |
| Slovakia | 12.3% (2015 est.) |
| Slovenia | 14.3% (2015 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | NA% |
| Somalia | NA% |
| South Africa | 16.6% (2016 est.) |
| South Sudan | 50.6% (2009 est.) |
| Spain | 21.1% (2012 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 6.7% (2012 est.) |
| Sudan | 46.5% (2009 est.) |
| Suriname | 70% (2002 est.) |
| Swaziland | 63% (2010 est.) |
| Sweden | 15% (2014 est.) |
| Switzerland | 6.6% (2014 est.) |
| Syria | 82.5% (2014 est.) |
| Taiwan | 1.5% (2012 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 31.5% (2016 est.) |
| Tanzania | 22.8% (2015 est.) |
| Thailand | 7.2% (2015 est.) |
| Togo | 55.1% (2015 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA% |
| Tonga | 24% (FY03/04 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20% (2014 est.) |
| Tunisia | 15.5% (2010 est.) |
| Turkey | 21.9% (2015 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 0.2% (2012 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | NA% |
| Tuvalu | 26.3% (2010 est.) |
| Uganda | 19.7% (2013 est.) |
| Ukraine | 24.1% (2010 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 19.5% (2003 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 15% (2013 est.) |
| United States | 15.1% (2010 est.) |
| Uruguay | 9.7% (2015 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 14% (2016 est.) |
| Vanuatu | NA% |
| Venezuela | 19.7% (2015 est.) |
| Vietnam | 11.3% (2012 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 28.9% (2002 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | NA% |
| West Bank | 18% (2011 est.) |
| Western Sahara | NA% |
| Yemen | 54% (2014 est.) |
| Zambia | 60.5% (2010 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 72.3% (2012 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
