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DEFINITION
Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.
Economy Statistics > Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line > % of rural population (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
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Date
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# 1
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Bolivia: |
81.7 %
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1999  |
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= 2
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Colombia: |
79 %
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1999  |
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= 2
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Sierra Leone: |
79 %
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2004  |
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# 4
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Zambia: |
78 %
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2004  |
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# 5
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Madagascar: |
76.7 %
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1999  |
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# 6
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Mali: |
75.9 %
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1998  |
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# 7
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Guatemala: |
74.5 %
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2000  |
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# 8
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Peru: |
72.1 %
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2004  |
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# 9
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Mozambique: |
71.3 %
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1997  |
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# 10
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Honduras: |
70.4 %
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2004  |
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# 11
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Ecuador: |
69 %
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1998  |
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# 12
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Nicaragua: |
68.5 %
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1998  |
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# 13
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Moldova: |
67.16 %
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2002  |
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# 14
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Chad: |
67 %
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1996  |
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# 15
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Malawi: |
66.5 %
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1998  |
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= 16
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Haiti: |
66 %
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1995  |
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= 16
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Niger: |
66 %
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1993  |
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# 18
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Rwanda: |
65.7 %
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2000  |
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# 19
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Panama: |
64.9 %
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1997  |
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# 20
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Mauritania: |
61.2 %
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2000  |
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# 21
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Gambia, The: |
61 %
|
1998  |
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# 22
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Dominican Republic: |
55.7 %
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2004  |
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= 23
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Bangladesh: |
53 %
|
2000  |
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= 23
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Kenya: |
53 %
|
1997  |
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# 25
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Georgia: |
52.7 %
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2003  |
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# 26
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Burkina Faso: |
52.4 %
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2003  |
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# 27
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Kyrgyzstan: |
51 %
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2001  |
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# 28
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Philippines: |
50.7 %
|
1997  |
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= 29
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Ghana: |
49.9 %
|
1999  |
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= 29
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Cameroon: |
49.9 %
|
2001  |
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# 31
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El Salvador: |
49.8 %
|
2002  |
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# 32
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Armenia: |
48.7 %
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2001  |
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# 33
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Zimbabwe: |
48 %
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1996  |
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= 34
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Yemen: |
45 %
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1998  |
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= 34
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Ethiopia: |
45 %
|
2000  |
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# 36
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Mongolia: |
43.4 %
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2002  |
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# 37
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Azerbaijan: |
42 %
|
2001  |
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# 38
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Uganda: |
41.7 %
|
2003  |
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# 39
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Papua New Guinea: |
41.3 %
|
1996  |
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# 40
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Brazil: |
41 %
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2003  |
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# 41
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Laos: |
40.97 %
|
1998  |
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# 42
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Senegal: |
40.44 %
|
1992  |
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# 43
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Kazakhstan: |
39 %
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1996  |
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# 44
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Tanzania: |
38.7 %
|
2001  |
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# 45
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Cambodia: |
38 %
|
2004  |
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# 46
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Nigeria: |
36.4 %
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1993  |
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# 47
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Burundi: |
36 %
|
1990  |
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# 48
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Pakistan: |
35.9 %
|
1999  |
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# 49
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Vietnam: |
35.6 %
|
2002  |
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# 50
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Nepal: |
34.6 %
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2004  |
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# 51
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Turkey: |
34.48 %
|
2002  |
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# 52
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Indonesia: |
34.4 %
|
1999  |
|
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# 53
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Benin: |
33 %
|
1999  |
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# 54
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Uzbekistan: |
30.5 %
|
2000  |
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# 55
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Algeria: |
30.3 %
|
1995  |
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# 56
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India: |
30.2 %
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2000  |
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# 57
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Albania: |
29.6 %
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2002  |
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# 58
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Paraguay: |
28.5 %
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1991  |
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# 59
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Ukraine: |
28.4 %
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2003  |
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= 60
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Mexico: |
27.9 %
|
2004  |
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= 60
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Romania: |
27.9 %
|
1994  |
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# 62
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Morocco: |
27.2 %
|
1999  |
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# 63
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Sri Lanka: |
27 %
|
1996  |
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# 64
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Costa Rica: |
25.5 %
|
1992  |
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# 65
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Jamaica: |
25.1 %
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2000  |
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# 66
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Egypt: |
23.3 %
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1996  |
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# 67
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Macedonia, Republic of: |
22.3 %
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2003  |
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# 68
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Trinidad and Tobago: |
20 %
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1992  |
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# 69
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
19.9 %
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2002  |
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# 70
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Jordan: |
18.7 %
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2002  |
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# 71
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Estonia: |
14.7 %
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1995  |
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# 72
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Tunisia: |
13.9 %
|
1995  |
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# 73
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China: |
4.6 %
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1998  |
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Weighted average: |
45.9 %
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DEFINITION: Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.
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