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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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