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Population Living Below Income Poverty Line

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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

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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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