Population Below Poverty Line

Economy Statistics > Population below poverty line by country


Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Zambia: 86 %
#2 Gaza Strip: 81 %
#3 Zimbabwe: 80 %
#4 Chad: 80 %
#5 Moldova: 80 %
#6 Haiti: 80 %
#7 Liberia: 80 %
#8 Guatemala: 75 %
#9 Suriname: 70 %
#10 Angola: 70 %
#11 Mozambique: 70 %
#12 Swaziland: 69 %
#13 Sierra Leone: 68 %
#14 Burundi: 68 %
#15 Tajikistan: 64 %
#16 Bolivia: 64 %
#17 Mali: 64 %
#18 Niger: 63 %
#19 Rwanda: 60 %
#20 Comoros: 60 %
#21 Nigeria: 60 %
#22 Turkmenistan: 58 %
#23 Malawi: 55 %
#24 São Tomé and Príncipe: 54 %
#25 Georgia: 54 %
#26 Senegal: 54 %
#27 Peru: 54 %
#28 Honduras: 53 %
#29 Afghanistan: 53 %
#30 Madagascar: 50 %
#31 Kenya: 50 %
#32 Ethiopia: 50 %
#33 Nicaragua: 50 %
#34 South Africa: 50 %
#35 Djibouti: 50 %
#36 Eritrea: 50 %
#37 Colombia: 49.2 %
#38 Lesotho: 49 %
#39 Azerbaijan: 49 %
#40 Cameroon: 48 %
#41 Venezuela: 47 %
#42 West Bank: 46 %
#43 Yemen: 45.2 %
#44 Bangladesh: 45 %
#45 Burkina Faso: 45 %
#46 Armenia: 43 %
#47 East Timor: 42 %
#48 Ecuador: 41 %
#49 Kyrgyzstan: 40 %
#50 Cambodia: 40 %
#51 Mauritania: 40 %
#52 Guinea: 40 %
#53 Sudan: 40 %
#54 Mexico: 40 %
#55 Philippines: 40 %
#56 Iran: 40 %
#57 Argentina: 38.5 %
#58 Papua New Guinea: 37 %
#59 Côte d'Ivoire: 37 %
#60 Panama: 37 %
#61 Mongolia: 36.1 %
#62 El Salvador: 36.1 %
#63 Tanzania: 36 %
#64 Uganda: 35 %
#65 Laos: 34 %
#66 Belize: 33 %
#67 Benin: 33 %
#68 Togo: 32 %
#69 Grenada: 32 %
#70 Paraguay: 32 %
#71 Pakistan: 32 %
#72 Ghana: 31.4 %
#73 Nepal: 31 %
#74 Botswana: 30.3 %
#75 Serbia and Montenegro: 30 %
#76 Cape Verde: 30 %
#77 Jordan: 30 %
#78 Dominica: 30 %
#79 Macedonia, Republic of: 29.6 %
#80 Ukraine: 29 %
#81 Uzbekistan: 28 %
#82 Lebanon: 28 %
#83 Belarus: 27.1 %
#84 Micronesia, Federated States of: 26.7 %
#85 Fiji: 25.5 %
#86 Algeria: 25 %
#87 Burma: 25 %
#88 Romania: 25 %
#89 India: 25 %
#90 Albania: 25 %
#91 Dominican Republic: 25 %
#92 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 25 %
#93 Guam: 23 %
#94 Anguilla: 23 %
#95 Uruguay: 22 %
#96 Brazil: 22 %
#97 Sri Lanka: 22 %
#98 Israel: 21 %
#99 Trinidad and Tobago: 21 %
#100 Egypt: 20 %
#101 Turkey: 20 %
#102 Syria: 20 %
#103 Vietnam: 19.5 %
#104 Jamaica: 19.1 %
#105 Kazakhstan: 19 %
#106 Bermuda: 19 %
#107 Morocco: 19 %
#108 Chile: 18.2 %
#109 Costa Rica: 18 %
#110 Russia: 17.8 %
#111 Poland: 17 %
#112 United Kingdom: 17 %
#113 Indonesia: 16.7 %
#114 Canada: 15.9 %
#115 Korea, South: 15 %
#116 Bulgaria: 13.4 %
#117 United States: 12 %
#118 Croatia: 11 %
#119 Thailand: 10 %
#120 Ireland: 10 %
#121 China: 10 %
#122 Mauritius: 10 %
#123 Bahamas, The: 9.3 %
#124 Hungary: 8.6 %
#125 Malaysia: 8 %

Sources:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin-economy-population-below-poverty-line

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html