Population Living Below Income Poverty Line

SOCIAL FACTORS

This indicator shows the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. A measure widely used to gauge income poverty.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.






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Human Development Data: All Countries % Population Below the Poverty Line
Madagascar 78.8
Congo, Dem. Rep 77.2
Malawi 73.5
Burundi 72.8
Mozambique 63.7
Zambia 58.7
Rwanda 56.5
Angola 49.9
Tanzania 49.4
Liberia 44.4
Sierra Leone 43.0
Niger 41.4
Uganda 41.0
Congo, Rep. 39.6
Zimbabwe 39.5
Nigeria 39.1
Papua New Guinea 38.0
Kenya 37.1
Burkina Faso 33.7
Chad 33.2
Ethiopia 30.8
Eswatini 29.2
Lesotho 27.2
Cameroon 26.0
Guinea-Bissau 24.7
Haiti 24.5
Togo 24.1
Guinea 23.2
India 22.5
Benin 19.2
Comoros 19.1
South Africa 18.7
Yemen, Rep. 18.3
Mali 16.3
Nepal 15.0
Honduras 14.8
Botswana 14.5
Bangladesh 14.3
Namibia 13.8
Ghana 12.7
Sudan 12.2
Colombia 10.3
Gambia 10.3
Laos 10.0
Cote d'Ivoire 9.2
Guatemala 8.8
Senegal 7.6
Ecuador 6.5
Mauritania 6.0
Peru 4.4
Bolivia 4.4
Georgia 4.2
Tajikistan 4.1
Egypt 3.8
Pakistan 3.6
Nicaragua 3.4
North Macedonia 3.4
Gabon 3.4
Mexico 3.1
Philippines 2.7
Serbia 2.3
Indonesia 2.2
Costa Rica 2.1
Vietnam 1.8
Brazil 1.7
Argentina 1.6
Bhutan 1.5
Myanmar 1.4
El Salvador 1.3
Kyrgyzstan 1.1
Morocco 0.9
Sri Lanka 0.9
Dominican Republic 0.8
Paraguay 0.8
Mongolia 0.5
Armenia 0.4
Algeria 0.4
Tunisia 0.2
Jordan 0.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1
China 0.1
Greece
Slovak Republic
Singapore
Central African Republic
Azerbaijan
France
New Zealand
Estonia
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong
Cyprus
Portugal
Lithuania
Spain
Chile
Romania
Germany
Latvia
Korea, Rep.
Belgium
Taiwan
Oman
Uzbekistan
Kuwait
Libya
Hungary
Sweden
Slovenia
Belarus
Turkmenistan
Bulgaria
Denmark
Ireland
Malaysia
Canada
Russia
Japan
United Kingdom
Jamaica
Croatia
Iceland
Uruguay
Australia
Moldova
Mauritius
Turkey
Switzerland
Panama
Lebanon
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Cambodia
Thailand
Israel
Czech Republic
Bahrain
Bahamas, The
Poland
Albania
Malta
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Austria
Ukraine
United States
Norway
Cabo Verde
Finland
Qatar
Italy
Kazakhstan
Guyana

See: Data for individual countries by using country lists


Note: Data shows the percentage of people living below the income poverty line.
Note: The global income povery line is $1.90 per day.
Note: Only countries with population below the poverty line shown.





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