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Economy Statistics > Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line > % of population (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Madagascar
71.3 %
1999 ...
#2 Sierra Leone
70.2 %
2004 ...
#3 Mozambique
69.4 %
1997 ...
#4 Zambia
68 %
2004 ...
#5 Malawi
65.3 %
1998 ...
#6 Haiti
65 %
1987 ...
#7 Colombia
64 %
1999 ...
#8 Chad
64 %
1996 ...
#9 Mali
63.8 %
1998 ...
#10 Niger
63 %
1993 ...
#11 Bolivia
62.7 %
1999 ...
#12 Rwanda
60.3 %
2000 ...
#13 Gambia, The
57.6 %
1998 ...
#14 Guatemala
56.2 %
2000 ...
#15 Georgia
54.5 %
2003 ...
#16 Peru
53.1 %
2004 ...
#17 Eritrea
53 %
1994 ...
#18 Kenya
52 %
1997 ...
#19 Armenia
50.9 %
2001 ...
#20 Honduras
50.7 %
2004 ...
#21 Bangladesh
49.8 %
2000 ...
#22 Azerbaijan
49.6 %
2001 ...
#23 Moldova
48.5 %
2002 ...
#24 Nicaragua
47.9 %
1998 ...
#25 Burkina Faso
46.4 %
2003 ...
#26 Mauritania
46.3 %
2000 ...
#27 Ecuador
46 %
1998 ...
#28 Ethiopia
44.2 %
2000 ...
#29 Dominican Republic
42.2 %
2004 ...
#30 Belarus
41.9 %
2000 ...
#31 Yemen
41.8 %
1998 ...
#32 Kyrgyzstan
41 %
2003 ...
#33 Cameroon
40.2 %
2001 ...
#34 Guinea
40 %
1994 ...
#35 Ghana
39.5 %
1999 ...
#36 Laos
38.6 %
1998 ...
#37 Uganda
37.7 %
2003 ...
#38 Papua New Guinea
37.5 %
1996 ...
#39 Panama
37.3 %
1997 ...
#40 El Salvador
37.2 %
2002 ...
#41 Philippines
36.8 %
1997 ...
#42 Burundi
36.42 %
1990 ...
#43 Mongolia
36.1 %
2002 ...
#44 Tanzania
35.7 %
2001 ...
#45 Cambodia
35 %
2004 ...
#46 Guyana
35 %
1998 ...
#47 Zimbabwe
34.9 %
1996 ...
#48 Kazakhstan
34.6 %
1996 ...
#49 Nigeria
34.1 %
1993 ...
#50 Senegal
33.4 %
1992 ...
#51 Pakistan
32.6 %
1999 ...
#52 Togo
32.3 %
1989 ...
#53 Venezuela
31.3 %
1989 ...
#54 Russia
30.9 %
1994 ...
#55 Nepal
30.9 %
2004 ...
#56 Benin
29.02 %
1999 ...
#57 Vietnam
28.9 %
2002 ...
#58 India
28.6 %
2000 ...
#59 Uzbekistan
27.5 %
2000 ...
#60 Indonesia
27.1 %
1999 ...
#61 Turkey
27 %
2002 ...
#62 Albania
25.4 %
2002 ...
#63 Sri Lanka
25 %
1996 ...
#64 Poland
23.8 %
1993 ...
#65 Algeria
22.6 %
1995 ...
#66 Costa Rica
22 %
1992 ...
#67 Paraguay
21.8 %
1991 ...
#68 Macedonia, Republic of
21.7 %
2003 ...
#69 Brazil
21.5 %
2003 ...
#70 Romania
21.5 %
1994 ...
#71 Trinidad and Tobago
21 %
1992 ...
#72 Bosnia and Herzegovina
19.5 %
2002 ...
#73 Ukraine
19.5 %
2003 ...
#74 Morocco
19 %
1999 ...
#75 Jamaica
18.7 %
2000 ...
#76 Mexico
17.6 %
2004 ...
#77 Hungary
17.3 %
1997 ...
#78 Chile
17 %
1998 ...
#79 Egypt
16.7 %
2000 ...
#80 Malaysia
15.5 %
1989 ...
#81 Jordan
14.2 %
2002 ...
#82 Thailand
13.6 %
1998 ...
#83 Bulgaria
12.8 %
2001 ...
#84 Estonia
8.9 %
1995 ...
#85 Tunisia
7.6 %
1995 ...
#86 China
4.6 %
1998 ...
Weighted average:
37.2 %
DEFINITION: National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
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