DEFINITION
Population below line - proportion receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Nigeria: |
90.8 |
|
| #2 |
Mali: |
90.6 |
|
| #3 |
Zambia: |
87.4 |
|
| #4 |
India: |
86.2 |
|
| #5 |
Burkina Faso: |
85.8 |
|
| #6 |
Niger: |
85.3 |
|
| #7 |
Rwanda: |
84.6 |
|
| #8 |
Pakistan: |
84.6 |
|
| #9 |
Central African Republic: |
84 |
|
| #10 |
Madagascar: |
83.3 |
|
| #11 |
Gambia, The: |
82.9 |
|
| #12 |
Nepal: |
82.5 |
|
| #13 |
Ghana: |
78.5 |
|
| #14 |
Mozambique: |
78.4 |
|
| #15 |
Bangladesh: |
77.8 |
|
| #16 |
Ethiopia: |
76.4 |
|
| #17 |
Sierra Leone: |
74.5 |
|
| #18 |
Laos: |
73.2 |
|
| #19 |
Mauritania: |
68.7 |
|
| #20 |
Senegal: |
67.8 |
|
| #21 |
Lesotho: |
65.7 |
|
| #22 |
Cameroon: |
64.4 |
|
| #23 |
Zimbabwe: |
64.2 |
|
| #24 |
Kenya: |
62.3 |
|
| #25 |
Botswana: |
61.4 |
|
| #26 |
Namibia: |
55.8 |
|
| #27 |
Indonesia: |
55.3 |
|
| #28 |
Egypt: |
52.7 |
|
| #29 |
China: |
52.6 |
|
| #30 |
Ecuador: |
52.3 |
|
| #31 |
Mongolia: |
50 |
|
| #32 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
49.4 |
|
| #33 |
Paraguay: |
49.3 |
|
| #34 |
Venezuela: |
47 |
|
| #35 |
Sri Lanka: |
45.4 |
|
| #36 |
Yemen: |
45.2 |
|
| #37 |
Honduras: |
45.1 |
|
| #38 |
El Salvador: |
44.5 |
|
| #39 |
Peru: |
41.4 |
|
| #40 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
39 |
|
| #41 |
Mexico: |
37.7 |
|
| #42 |
Colombia: |
36 |
|
| #43 |
South Africa: |
35.8 |
|
| #44 |
Bolivia: |
34.3 |
|
| #45 |
Guatemala: |
33.8 |
|
| #46 |
Panama: |
29 |
|
| #47 |
Thailand: |
28.2 |
|
| #48 |
Brazil: |
26.5 |
|
| #49 |
Costa Rica: |
26 |
|
| #50 |
Jamaica: |
25.2 |
|
| #51 |
Turkey: |
18 |
|
| #52 |
Dominican Republic: |
16 |
|
| #53 |
Algeria: |
15.1 |
|
| #54 |
Tunisia: |
10 |
|
| #55 |
Chile: |
8.7 |
|
| #56 |
Morocco: |
7.5 |
|
| #57 |
Jordan: |
7.4 |
|
| #58 |
Uruguay: |
6.6 |
|
| #59 |
Korea, South: |
2 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
52.0 |
|
DEFINITION: Population below line - proportion receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.