Poverty rate by country
115 countries and territories · latest available readings · reference years 2020–2025
Measure: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Unit: % of population
The international poverty line is expressed in purchasing-power-parity dollars. It is not a market-exchange-rate dollar budget. The source measures income or consumption per person; national poverty lines answer a different question.
Country estimates refer to different survey years. This table does not estimate the current global number of people in poverty. Compare the same reference year when assessing differences between countries.
World Bank (World Development Indicators) · Publisher definition. Metadata retrieved 2026-09-07; that is not an observation release date.
Measurement correction record · Compare countries in the same year and export the data
| Rank | Country or territory | Poverty rate | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 85.3% | 2020 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.4% | 2022 |
| 3 | Burundi | 74.2% | 2020 |
| 4 | Zambia | 71.7% | 2022 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 71.6% | 2021 |
| 6 | Madagascar | 69.2% | 2021 |
| 7 | Niger | 60.5% | 2021 |
| 8 | Kenya | 45.5% | 2022 |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 42.1% | 2021 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 41.8% | 2022 |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.9% | 2021 |
| 12 | Chad | 39.5% | 2022 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 38.6% | 2021 |
| 14 | Rwanda | 38.6% | 2023 |
| 15 | Mali | 36.1% | 2021 |
| 16 | Togo | 34.7% | 2021 |
| 17 | Benin | 27.2% | 2021 |
| 18 | Cameroon | 26.7% | 2021 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 23.0% | 2024 |
| 20 | Gambia, The | 22.0% | 2020 |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.8% | 2021 |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.0% | 2022 |
| 23 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2021 |
| 24 | South Africa | 17.4% | 2022 |
| 25 | Honduras | 15.7% | 2024 |
| 26 | Kosovo | 10.0% | 2022 |
| 27 | Guatemala | 9.7% | 2023 |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.8% | 2022 |
| 29 | Colombia | 8.5% | 2024 |
| 30 | Lao PDR | 7.1% | 2024 |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 6.1% | 2024 |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 5.9% | 2022 |
| 33 | Lebanon | 5.8% | 2022 |
| 34 | India | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 35 | Philippines | 5.3% | 2023 |
| 36 | Comoros | 5.1% | 2024 |
| 37 | Peru | 5.1% | 2024 |
| 38 | El Salvador | 4.6% | 2023 |
| 39 | Georgia | 4.2% | 2024 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 41 | Ecuador | 3.4% | 2025 |
| 42 | Panama | 3.1% | 2024 |
| 43 | Brazil | 3.0% | 2024 |
| 44 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 45 | Montenegro | 2.5% | 2021 |
| 46 | Nepal | 2.4% | 2022 |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 2.3% | 2025 |
| 48 | Suriname | 2.2% | 2022 |
| 49 | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.2% | 2024 |
| 50 | Bolivia | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 51 | Paraguay | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 52 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.1% | 2023 |
| 53 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2024 |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 1.6% | 2022 |
| 55 | Jamaica | 1.4% | 2021 |
| 56 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.4% | 2021 |
| 57 | Japan | 1.2% | 2020 |
| 58 | Serbia | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 59 | United States | 1.1% | 2024 |
| 60 | Lithuania | 1.1% | 2023 |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2023 |
| 62 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2024 |
| 63 | Australia | 1.0% | 2020 |
| 64 | Kiribati | 0.9% | 2023 |
| 65 | Italy | 0.9% | 2023 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 67 | Spain | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2025 |
| 69 | Armenia | 0.8% | 2024 |
| 70 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 71 | Romania | 0.7% | 2023 |
| 72 | Germany | 0.7% | 2022 |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 2021 |
| 74 | Greece | 0.6% | 2023 |
| 75 | Slovak Republic | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 76 | Austria | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 77 | Iraq | 0.5% | 2023 |
| 78 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2022 |
| 79 | Malta | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 80 | Chile | 0.4% | 2024 |
| 81 | Portugal | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 82 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 83 | Israel | 0.4% | 2022 |
| 84 | Tonga | 0.4% | 2021 |
| 85 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2021 |
| 86 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 87 | Albania | 0.3% | 2020 |
| 88 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 89 | Canada | 0.3% | 2022 |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 92 | Poland | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 93 | Turkiye | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 94 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2022 |
| 96 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 |
| 97 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2024 |
| 98 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 99 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 100 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2021 |
| 101 | Korea, Rep. | 0.1% | 2021 |
| 102 | France | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 103 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 104 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2023 |
| 106 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 109 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 110 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 111 | China | 0.0% | 2022 |
| 112 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 |
| 113 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 |
| 114 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 115 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 |
Values are rounded for display. Countries without a reading are omitted; zero is a valid reading. The year column belongs to each estimate. Rankings compare the listed latest values, which may cover different years.
Read the original measurement definition
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Original contributors: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.