Country Comparison > Population below poverty line > TOP 100

Rank	Country	Population below poverty line (%)
1	Syria	82.5
2	Zimbabwe	72.3
3	Madagascar	70.7
4	Sierra Leone	70.2
5	Nigeria	70
6	Suriname	70
7	Guinea-Bissau	67
8	Sao Tome and Principe	66.2
9	South Sudan	66
10	Burundi	64.6
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	63
12	Swaziland	63
13	Central African Republic	62
14	Guatemala	59.3
15	Haiti	58.5
16	Lesotho	57
17	Togo	55.1
18	Afghanistan	54.5
19	Zambia	54.4
20	Liberia	54.1
21	Yemen	54
22	Malawi	50.7
23	Eritrea	50
24	Gambia, The	48.4
25	Guinea	47
26	Chad	46.7
27	Senegal	46.7
28	Congo, Republic of the	46.5
29	Sudan	46.5
30	Mexico	46.2
31	Mozambique	46.1
32	Niger	45.4
33	Comoros	44.8
34	Equatorial Guinea	44
35	East Timor	41.8
36	Belize	41
37	Burkina Faso	40.1
38	Seychelles	39.3
39	Rwanda	39.1
40	Bolivia	38.6
41	Grenada	38
42	Papua New Guinea	37
43	Angola	36.6
44	Benin	36.2
45	Kenya	36.1
46	Mali	36.1
47	Greece	36
48	Guyana	35
49	Gabon	34.3
50	El Salvador	32.7
51	Kyrgyzstan	32.1
52	Armenia	32
53	Tajikistan	31.5
54	Fiji	31
55	Mauritania	31
56	Dominican Republic	30.5
57	Cameroon	30
58	Cape Verde	30
59	Gaza Strip	30
60	Italy	29.9
61	Honduras	29.6
62	Mongolia	29.6
63	Ethiopia	29.6
64	Nicaragua	29.6
65	Pakistan	29.5
66	Dominica	29
67	Virgin Islands	28.9
68	Namibia	28.7
69	Lebanon	28.6
70	Colombia	28
71	Egypt	27.8
72	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7
73	Tuvalu	26.3
74	Argentina	25.7
75	Burma	25.6
76	Latvia	25.5
77	Nepal	25.2
78	Palau	24.9
79	Bangladesh	24.3
80	Ghana	24.2
81	Bulgaria	23.4
82	Algeria	23
83	Anguilla	23
84	Guam	23
85	Djibouti	23
86	Iraq	23
87	Panama	23
88	Tanzania	22.8
89	Peru	22.7
90	Tonga	22.5
91	Romania	22.4
92	Lithuania	22.2
93	Paraguay	22.2
94	Laos	22
95	Israel	22
96	India	21.9
97	Turkey	21.9
98	Costa Rica	21.7
99	Philippines	21.6
100	Macedonia	21.5

Definition: National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020