Population below poverty line (per $ GDP) by country. Definition, graph and map.

DEFINITION
National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.

Economy Statistics > Population below poverty line (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

São Tomé and Príncipe:

870,967.742 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 2

Liberia:

178,571.429 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 3

Comoros:

163,487.738 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 4

East Timor:

123,893.805 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 5

Micronesia, Federated States of:

118,141.593 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 6

Tonga:

112,676.056 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 7

Dominica:

111,524.164 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 8

Burundi:

103,500.761 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 9

Djibouti:

75,414.781 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 10

Grenada:

73,394.495 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 11

Sierra Leone:

63,255.814 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 12

Suriname:

63,119.928 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 13

Eritrea:

54,054.054 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 14

Bhutan:

47,102.526 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 15

Lesotho:

35,636.364 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 16

Rwanda:

32,520.325 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 17

Cape Verde:

31,645.57 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 18

Tajikistan:

30,798.845 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 19

Belize:

30,621.572 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 20

Mauritania:

29,476.787 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 21

Malawi:

29,233.315 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 22

Swaziland:

28,595.11 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 23

Maldives:

27,888.446 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 24

Mongolia:

23,672.131 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 25

Haiti:

22,630.835 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 26

Niger:

20,447.907 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 27

Chad:

18,669.778 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 28

Kyrgyzstan:

18,140.59 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 29

Zambia:

15,958.434 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 30

Togo:

15,526.443 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 31

Guinea:

13,397.948 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 32

West Bank:

13,231.036 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 33

Mali:

13,160.6 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 34

Laos:

12,728.027 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 35

Mozambique:

12,617.159 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 36

Madagascar:

11,457.379 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 37

Moldova:

11,368.015 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 38

Nicaragua:

11,026.878 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 39

Georgia:

10,606.953 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 40

Armenia:

9,749.225 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 41

Fiji:

9,706.89 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 42

Papua New Guinea:

9,465.336 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 43

Turkmenistan:

9,404.897 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 44

Burkina Faso:

9,328.358 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 45

Afghanistan:

9,199.792 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 46

Cambodia:

8,701.327 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 47

Benin:

8,098.16 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 48

Bolivia:

7,295.11 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 49

Honduras:

7,190.341 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 50

Senegal:

7,045.01 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 51

Azerbaijan:

5,749.149 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 52

Macedonia, Republic of:

5,718.643 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 53

Uganda:

5,122.201 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 54

Ethiopia:

4,791.383 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 55

Nepal:

4,622.037 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 56

Zimbabwe:

4,507.042 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 57

Paraguay:

4,489.968 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 58

Ghana:

3,642.691 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 59

Yemen:

3,521.895 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 60

Botswana:

3,499.249 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 61

Angola:

3,481.202 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 62

Tanzania:

3,317.667 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 63

Albania:

3,293.808 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 64

Cameroon:

3,257.992 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 65

Kenya:

3,205.128 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 66

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

3,078.439 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 67

Uzbekistan:

2,759.197 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 68

Panama:

2,682.52 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 69

Jordan:

2,679.528 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 70

Côte d'Ivoire:

2,420.516 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 71

El Salvador:

2,224.469 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 72

Uruguay:

2,083.27 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 73

Guatemala:

2,047.284 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 74

Sudan:

2,045.094 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 75

Jamaica:

1,843.088 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 76

Bahamas, The:

1,768.061 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 77

Trinidad and Tobago:

1,674.107 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 78

Mauritius:

1,651.255 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 79

Dominican Republic:

1,338.831 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 80

Lebanon:

1,286.292 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 81

Ecuador:

1,271.382 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 82

Serbia and Montenegro:

1,250.208 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 83

Belarus:

1,186.048 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 84

Sri Lanka:

1,096.983 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 85

Costa Rica:

978.527 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 86

Nigeria:

832.108 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 87

Bangladesh:

791.64 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 88

Peru:

789.531 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 89

Bulgaria:

584.311 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 90

Syria:

514.417 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 91

Slovakia:

511.048 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 92

Colombia:

505.216 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 93

Kazakhstan:

466.338 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 94

Philippines:

462.808 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 95

Estonia:

462.62 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 96

Ukraine:

445.133 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 97

Vietnam:

431.321 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 98

Slovenia:

400.845 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 99

Morocco:

379.582 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 100

Venezuela:

346.682 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 101

Romania:

341.684 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 102

Croatia:

321.637 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 103

Algeria:

295.337 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 104

Egypt:

266.141 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 105

Tunisia:

262.551 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 106

Libya:

254.13 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 107

Pakistan:

249.701 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 108

Iran:

245.838 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 109

South Africa:

234.988 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 110

Chile:

193.401 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 111

Israel:

183.755 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 112

Lithuania:

179.67 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 113

Argentina:

177.557 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 114

Hungary:

86.248 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 115

Poland:

70.296 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 116

Indonesia:

69.088 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 117

Turkey:

66.236 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 118

Thailand:

61.165 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 119

Mexico:

59.128 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 120

Ireland:

54.478 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 121

Brazil:

51.252 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 122

Malaysia:

43.303 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 123

India:

36.134 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 124

Russia:

30.563 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 125

Korea, South:

22.069 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 126

Austria:

20.337 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 127

Spain:

19.971 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 128

Netherlands:

18.189 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 129

Canada:

16.228 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 130

Belgium:

11.434 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 131

United Kingdom:

7.941 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 132

China:

6.063 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 133

Germany:

4.052 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 134

France:

3.096 % per $1 trillion of GD

# 135

United States:

1.028 % per $1 trillion of GD

Weighted average:

21,383.8 % per $1 trillion of GD

DEFINITION: National estimates of the percentage of the population lying below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.

Economy Statistics > Population below poverty line (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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