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.