List of countries by poverty rate

The following list sorts countries according to the proportion of the population whose daily income is below 1.90 international US dollars (in 2011 purchasing power parity ). An income of less than $ 1.90 per day is considered absolute poverty . It also states what proportion of the population has to live on less than $ 3.20 per day and less than $ 5.50 per day. Current figures are not available for all countries, so the last available time is given. All data come from the World Bank . The countries with the highest number of poor people are also listed. Two further tables provide an overview of the development of global poverty over the past three decades.

In 2013, a total of 769 million people worldwide lived on less than $ 1.90 a day and thus in absolute poverty, which was 10.7% of the world's population. 2,030 million people (28.3% of the world's population) and 3,479 million (48.4% of the world's population) lived on less than $ 5.50 a day on less than $ 3.20.

Countries by poverty rate

Countries are sorted according to the proportion of people living in absolute poverty (less than 1.90 dollars per day in local purchasing power) at the last ascertainable point in time.

country	Population under $ 1.90 per day	Population under $ 3.20 a day	Population under $ 5.50 per day	year
Madagascar	77.8%	91.1%	97.3%	2012
Democratic Republic of Congo	77.1%	91.3%	97.8%	2012
Burundi	73.7%	90.1%	97.1%	2013
Malawi	70.3%	89.4%	96.7%	2016
Mozambique	68.7%	88.5%	96.2%	2008
Guinea-Bissau	67.1%	84.5%	93.4%	2010
Central African Republic	66.3%	83.1%	92.8%	2008
Lesotho	59.7%	78.0%	89.9%	2010
Zambia	57.5%	74.3%	87.2%	2015
Rwanda	55.5%	79.7%	91.6%	2016
Nigeria	53.5%	77.6%	92.1%	2009
Sierra Leone	52.3%	81.3%	94.7%	2011
Benin	49.8%	76.2%	90.6%	2015
Mali	49.3%	79.0%	94.8%	2009
Togo	49.1%	73.2%	90.1%	2015
Tanzania	49.1%	79.0%	93.1%	2011
Niger	45.5%	77.5%	93.9%	2014
Gambia	45.3%	69.5%	86.8%	2003
Burkina Faso	43.4%	76.4%	92.3%	2014
South Sudan	42.7%	64.8%	84.8%	2009
Swaziland	42.0%	64.4%	82.0%	2009
Uganda	41.6%	69.6%	87.7%	2016
Liberia	40.9%	72.6%	92.2%	2016
Chad	38.4%	66.5%	86.3%	2011
Senegal	38.0%	67.5%	88.1%	2011
Papua New Guinea	38.0%	65.6%	86.9%	2009
Republic of the Congo	37.0%	61.3%	82.4%	2011
Kenya	36.8%	66.2%	86.5%	2015
Guinea	35.3%	70.3%	92.3%	2012
East Timor	34.5%	60.2%	77.5%	2013
Sao Tome and Principe	32.3%	70.1%	92.3%	2010
Angola	30.1%	55.7%	79.3%	2008
Ivory Coast	27.9%	57.0%	81.8%	2015
Ethiopia	27.3%	62.2%	85.0%	2015
Solomon Islands	25.1%	58.8%	84.7%	2013
Haiti	24.9%	51.0%	79.0%	2012
Cameroon	24.0%	45.0%	69.2%	2014
Laos	22.7%	58.5%	85.0%	2012
Namibia	22.6%	47.0%	67.3%	2009
Zimbabwe	21.4%	47.2%	74.0%	2011
India	21.2%	60.4%	86.8%	2011
Tajikistan	19.5%	59.5%	74.7%	2014
South Africa	18.9%	37.6%	57.1%	2014
Yemen	18.8%	52.2%	81.6%	2014
Comoros	17.7%	36.9%	63.1%	2013
Honduras	17.2%	31.6%	52.6%	2017
Djibouti	17.1%	40.2%	70.6%	2017
Botswana	16.1%	38.5%	60.4%	2015
Nepal	15.0%	50.9%	83.0%	2010
Sudan	14.9%	40.5%	73.2%	2009
Bangladesh	14.8%	52.9%	84.5%	2016
Ghana	13.3%	30.5%	56.9%	2016
Vanuatu	13.1%	39.4%	72.4%	2010
Guatemala	9.5%	25.3%	50.1%	2014
Venezuela	9.2%	15.4%	31.3%	2006
Philippines	8.3%	33.7%	64.2%	2015
Cape Verde	8.1%	26.5%	53.1%	2007
Maldives	7.3%	24.4%	54.3%	2009
Bolivia	5.8%	11.8%	24.7%	2017
Myanmar	6.5%	30.2%	67.9%	2015
Mauritania	5.9%	23.6%	58.3%	2014
Indonesia	5.7%	27.3%	58.7%	2017
North Macedonia	5.0%	10.0%	25.1%	2015
Georgia	5.0%	16.3%	43.6%	2017
Ecuador	4.8%	10.8%	29.9%	2017
Brazil	4.8%	9.6%	21.0%	2017
Pakistan	3.9%	34.7%	75.4%	2015
Colombia	3.9%	13.1%	27.6%	2017
Nicaragua	3.6%	13.8%	36.4%	2014
Gabon	3.4%	11.3%	32.4%	2017
Peru	3.4%	9.8%	23.9%	2017
Morocco	3.1%	17.0%	48.1%	2006
Iraq	2.5%	17.9%	57.3%	2012
Mexico	2.5%	11.2%	34.8%	2016
Panama	2.5%	6.3%	14.1%	2017
Tunisia	2.0%	9.1%	30.3%	2010
Vietnam	2.0%	8.4%	29.0%	2017
Italy	2.0%	2.5%	3.5%	2015
Argentina	2.0%	2.0%	7.1%	2017
El Salvador	1.9%	9.8%	31.6%	2015
Romania	1.8%	13.2%	25.7%	2015
Jamaica	1.7%	8.9%	29.4%	2004
Dominican Republic	1.6%	5.9%	19.9%	2016
Kyrgyzstan	1.5%	19.6%	66.4%	2017
Fiji	1.5%	14.5%	49.6%	2015
Bhutan	1.5%	12.0%	38.6%	2017
Bulgaria	1.5%	3.8%	8.7%	2014
Greece	1.5%	2.7%	6.7%	2015
United States	1.5%	1.5%	2.0%	2016
Egypt	1.4%	16.1%	61.9%	2015
Armenia	1.4%	12.3%	50.0%	2017
Paraguay	1.2%	5.6%	18.6%	2017
Albania	1.1%	7.7%	39.1%	2012
Seychelles	1.1%	2.5%	6.6%	2013
Palestine	1.0%	5.0%	23.6%	2016
Costa Rica	1.0%	2.7%	9.7%	2017
Croatia	1.0%	1.9%	6.3%	2014
Spain	1.0%	1.5%	3.2%	2015
Sri Lanka	0.8%	10.1%	40.4%	2016
Slovakia	0.8%	1.2%	3.5%	2014
People's Republic of China	0.7%	7.0%	27.2%	2015
Chile	0.7%	1.8%	6.4%	2017
Lithuania	0.7%	1.5%	4.2%	2015
Hungary	0.7%	1.0%	3.2%	2014
Mongolia	0.6%	6.9%	32.0%	2016
Algeria	0.5%	3.9%	29.2%	2011
Mauritius	0.5%	3.2%	18.1%	2012
Azerbaijan	0.5%	2.7%	18.8%	2008
Portugal	0.5%	1.5%	3.7%	2014
Estonia	0.5%	1.0%	2.0%	2015
Latvia	0.5%	0.9%	3.0%	2014
Ireland	0.5%	0.5%	1.0%	2014
Iran	0.3%	2.5%	11.6%	2016
Australia	0.3%	0.7%	0.7%	2010
South Korea	0.3%	0.7%	1.3%	2013
Canada	0.3%	0.7%	1.0%	2013
Japan	0.3%	0.7%	1.0%	2008
Sweden	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	2014
Kosovo	0.2%	2.6%	21.6%	2017
Turkey	0.2%	1.8%	9.9%	2016
Serbia	0.2%	1.4%	9.2%	2013
Israel	0.2%	0.7%	2.7%	2016
Denmark	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%	2014
Austria	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	2014
Luxembourg	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	2014
United Kingdom	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	2014
Jordan	0.1%	2.1%	18.1%	2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1%	0.6%	3.5%	2011
Moldova	0.1%	1.1%	16.3%	2017
Ukraine	0.1%	0.5%	6.4%	2016
Uruguay	0.1%	0.4%	2.9%	2017
Montenegro	0%	0.8%	4.8%	2014
Thailand	0%	0.5%	7.8%	2017
Kazakhstan	0%	0.4%	8.6%	2017
Poland	0%	0.3%	4.2%	2014
Russia	0%	0.3%	2.7%	2015
Malaysia	0%	0.2%	2.7%	2015
Netherlands	0%	0.2%	0.5%	2014
Norway	0%	0.2%	0.2%	2014
Belgium	0%	0.2%	0.2%	2014
Cyprus	0%	0.2%	0.2%	2014
Lebanon	0%	0.1%	2.0%	2013
Slovenia	0%	0%	0.2%	2014
Czech Republic	0%	0%	0.7%	2014
Belarus	0%	0%	0.7%	2015
Finland	0%	0%	0.3%	2014
France	0%	0%	0.3%	2014
Iceland	0%	0%	0.2%	2014
Germany	0%	0%	0%	2013
Switzerland	0%	0%	0%	2013
world	9.9%	26.2%	46.0%	2015

• Missing countries such as Cuba , North Korea , Andorra , Monaco , Somalia , Syria , Kuwait , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , New Zealand , Afghanistan , Libya , Bahrain , Oman , Singapore and the Vatican are not listed in the sources because no comparable figures are available.

Countries by people in poverty

The following list sorts selected countries according to the total number of people in absolute poverty (income of less than 1.90 dollars per day in local purchasing power).

country	Population under $ 1.90 per day in millions	Population under $ 3.20 per day in millions	Population under $ 5.50 per day in millions	year
India	268.1	762.9	1,096.5	2011
Democratic Republic of Congo	53.2	63.0	67.5	2012
Nigeria	34.5	123.1	146.1	2009
Ethiopia	29.4	64.1	81.7	2010
Bangladesh	28.2	90.0	132.9	2010
People's Republic of China	25.1	164.1	493.1	2013
Tanzania	24.1	38.8	45.7	2011
Indonesia	17.8	82.1	163.9	2016
Madagascar	17.4	20.4	21.7	2012
Mozambique	16.2	20.8	22.6	2008
Uganda	12.6	24.2	31.5	2012
Kenya	12.1	21.8	29.5	2005
Pakistan	11.3	73.7	147.2	2013
Malawi	10.8	13.4	14.5	2010
Zambia	9.3	12.0	14.0	2015
Brazil	8.9	19.1	45.5	2015
Niger	8.7	14.8	18.0	2014
South Africa	8.6	18.5	29.1	2011
Philippines	8.5	34.3	65.3	2015
Burkina Faso	7.8	13.4	16.2	2014
Mali	7.4	11.9	14.3	2009
Burundi	7.3	8.9	9.6	2013
Rwanda	6.9	9.3	10.4	2013
Angola	6.6	12.1	17.3	2008
Ivory Coast	6.5	13.2	18.9	2015
Cameroon	5.3	10.0	15.4	2014
Benin	5.2	8.1	9.6	2015
Senegal	5.1	9.0	11.7	2011
Sudan	5.0	13.6	24.6	2009
Yemen	4.9	13.7	21.4	2014
Chad	4.7	8.2	10.6	2011
Nepal	4.1	13.7	22.4	2010
South Sudan	4.1	6.3	8.2	2009
Guinea	4.0	7.9	10.4	2012
Mexico	3.7	14.7	44.4	2014
Togo	3.6	5.4	6.7	2015
Ghana	3.5	9.0	16.3	2012
Sierra Leone	3.5	5.4	6.3	2011
Myanmar	3.4	15.8	35.6	2015
United States	3.2	4.3	6.4	2013
Zimbabwe	3.1	6.8	10.7	2011
Central African Republic	2.8	3.6	4.0	2008
Papua New Guinea	2.8	4.7	6.2	2009
Colombia	2.6	6.3	14.5	2015
Haiti	2.6	5.2	8.1	2012
Vietnam	2.5	10.5	33.2	2014
Venezuela	2.5	4.2	8.5	2006
Egypt	1.3	15.1	58.0	2015
Iran	0.2	2.0	8.2	2014
Turkey	0.2	1.9	8.1	2014

Development of global poverty 1981–2015

The following table shows the percentage of people in extreme poverty (people who have an income of less than $ 1.90 per day in purchasing power parity) since 1981. If a table is empty, insufficient data was available at the time in question. Overall, the proportion of extremely poor people fell from 42.2% in 1981 to 10.0% in 2015. The region with the greatest progress was East Asia and the Pacific, thanks largely to economic progress in China and Southeast Asia .

region	1981	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1999	2002	2005	2008	2011	2013	2015
East Asia and the Pacific	80.7%	70.4%	59.3%	61.4%	53.7%	40.9%	38.5%	30.0%	19.2%	15.2%	8.6%	3.6%	2.3%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	...	...	1.3%	1.7%	5.6%	7.4%	8.0%	6.2%	4.9%	3.1%	1.9%	1.6%	1.3%
Latin America and the Caribbean	16.3%	19.1%	14.9%	16.0%	14.5%	14.4%	14.0%	13.1%	10.8%	7.1%	5.9%	4.6%	4.1%
Middle East and North Africa	...	9.2%	9.1%	6.2%	6.7%	5.8%	3.8%	3.2%	3.0%	2.7%	2.7%	2.6%	5.0%
Industrialized countries	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%
South asia	54.8%	52.3%	48.1%	44.6%	44.8%	40.0%	39.3%	38.7%	33.6%	29.3%	19.6%	16.2%	12.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa	...	...	...	54.4%	59.1%	58.1%	57.6%	56.1%	50.3%	46.9%	44.2%	42.5%	41.1%
world	42.2%	39.3%	35.2%	35.3%	34.0%	29.3%	28.6%	25.8%	20.8%	18.0%	13.7%	11.2%	9.9%

Development of the number of people in poverty worldwide 1981–2015

The following table shows the number of people in extreme poverty (people who have an income of less than $ 1.90 per day in purchasing power parity) since 1981. If a table is empty, insufficient data was available at the time in question. Overall, the number of extremely poor people fell from 1,901 million in 1981 to 736 million in 2015.

region	1981	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1999	2002	2005	2008	2011	2013	2015
East Asia and the Pacific	1.110	1,020	904	984	897	709	692	554	363	293	170	74	47
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	...	...	6th	8th	26th	35	38	29	23	15th	13	8th	7th
Latin America and the Caribbean	60	75	62	70	68	70	72	70	60	41	35	28	26th
Middle East and North Africa	...	18th	19th	14th	16	15th	11	9	9	9	9	10	19th
Industrialized countries	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	6th	5	5	6th	7th	8th
South asia	504	518	510	506	542	514	537	556	509	465	294	275	216
Sub-Saharan Africa	...	...	...	279	328	350	376	396	390	401	398	405	413
world	1,901	1,867	1,756	1,865	1,882	1,698	1,728	1,620	1,355	1,219	960	804	736

See also

• List of countries by proportion of malnourished people

Web links

• World Poverty Clock

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poverty headcount ratio at $ 1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | Data. Retrieved March 30, 2018 (American English). 
2. ↑ Poverty headcount ratio at $ 3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | Data. Retrieved March 30, 2018 (American English). 
3. ↑ Poverty headcount ratio at $ 5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | Data. Retrieved March 30, 2018 (American English). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} PovcalNet. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .