Country Comparison > Population below poverty line

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	Sudan	46.5
29	Congo, Republic of the	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	Mali	36.1
46	Kenya	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	Gaza Strip	30
59	Cape Verde	30
60	Italy	29.9
61	Mongolia	29.6
62	Nicaragua	29.6
63	Honduras	29.6
64	Ethiopia	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	Anguilla	23
83	Algeria	23
84	Guam	23
85	Djibouti	23
86	Panama	23
87	Iraq	23
88	Tanzania	22.8
89	Peru	22.7
90	Tonga	22.5
91	Romania	22.4
92	Paraguay	22.2
93	Lithuania	22.2
94	Israel	22
95	Laos	22
96	India	21.9
97	Turkey	21.9
98	Costa Rica	21.7
99	Philippines	21.6
100	Macedonia	21.5
101	Ecuador	21.5
102	Uganda	21.4
103	Estonia	21.1
104	Spain	21.1
105	Trinidad and Tobago	20
106	Hong Kong	19.9
107	French Polynesia	19.7
108	Venezuela	19.7
109	United Arab Emirates	19.5
110	Croatia	19.5
111	Botswana	19.3
112	Portugal	19
113	Iran	18.7
114	West Bank	18
115	Kosovo	17.6
116	Poland	17.6
117	Jamaica	17.1
118	New Caledonia	17
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.9
120	Germany	16.7
121	South Africa	16.6
122	Cambodia	16.5
123	Malta	16.3
124	Greenland	16.2
125	Japan	16.1
126	Tunisia	15.5
127	United States	15.1
128	Belgium	15.1
129	Maldives	15
130	Morocco	15
131	Sweden	15
132	United Kingdom	15
133	Hungary	14.9
134	Chile	14.4
135	Korea, South	14.4
136	Albania	14.3
137	France	14.2
138	Jordan	14.2
139	Uzbekistan	14
140	Slovenia	13.9
141	Denmark	13.4
142	Russia	13.3
143	Slovakia	12.3
144	Bhutan	12
145	Bermuda	11
146	Indonesia	10.9
147	Faroe Islands	10
148	Czech Republic	9.7
149	Uruguay	9.7
150	Moldova	9.6
151	Canada	9.4
152	Bahamas, The	9.3
153	Georgia	9.2
154	Serbia	8.9
155	Netherlands	8.8
156	Montenegro	8.6
157	Ireland	8.2
158	Mauritius	8
159	Vietnam	8
160	Thailand	7.2
161	Sri Lanka	6.7
162	Switzerland	6.6
163	Belarus	5.7
164	Azerbaijan	4.9
165	Brazil	4.2
166	Malaysia	3.8
167	Ukraine	3.8
168	China	3.3
169	Austria	3
170	Kazakhstan	2.6
171	Taiwan	1.5
172	Turkmenistan	0.2

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

See also: Population below poverty line map

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