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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.
Economy Statistics > Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line > % of population (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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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
Guyana :
35 %
1998 ...
#46
Cambodia :
35 %
2004 ...
#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
Romania :
21.5 %
1994 ...
#70
Brazil :
21.5 %
2003 ...
#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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