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Economy Statistics > Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line > % of urban population (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Chad: 63 %   1996 Time series
# 2   Mozambique: 62 %   1997 Time series
# 3   Sierra Leone: 56.4 %   2004 Time series
# 4   Georgia: 56.2 %   2003 Time series
= 5   Azerbaijan: 55 %   2001 Time series
= 5   Colombia: 55 %   1999 Time series
# 7   Malawi: 54.9 %   1998 Time series
# 8   Zambia: 53 %   2004 Time series
# 9   Madagascar: 52.1 %   1999 Time series
# 10   Niger: 52 %   1993 Time series
# 11   Armenia: 51.9 %   2001 Time series
# 12   Bolivia: 50.55 %   1999 Time series
# 13   Kenya: 49 %   1997 Time series
# 14   Gambia, The: 48 %   1998 Time series
# 15   Burundi: 43 %   1990 Time series
# 16   Peru: 42.9 %   2004 Time series
# 17   Moldova: 42.56 %   2002 Time series
# 18   Kyrgyzstan: 41.2 %   2001 Time series
# 19   Ethiopia: 37 %   2000 Time series
# 20   Bangladesh: 36.6 %   2000 Time series
# 21   Dominican Republic: 34.7 %   2004 Time series
# 22   Yemen: 30.8 %   1998 Time series
# 23   Nicaragua: 30.5 %   1998 Time series
# 24   Nigeria: 30.4 %   1993 Time series
# 25   Mongolia: 30.3 %   2002 Time series
# 26   Mali: 30.1 %   1998 Time series
= 27   Kazakhstan: 30 %   1996 Time series
= 27   Ecuador: 30 %   1998 Time series
# 29   Argentina: 29.9 %   1998 Time series
# 30   Honduras: 29.5 %   2004 Time series
# 31   Tanzania: 29.47 %   2001 Time series
# 32   El Salvador: 28.5 %   2002 Time series
# 33   Guatemala: 27.1 %   2000 Time series
# 34   Laos: 26.86 %   1998 Time series
# 35   Mauritania: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
= 36   Uruguay: 24.7 %   1998 Time series
= 36   India: 24.7 %   2000 Time series
# 38   Pakistan: 24.2 %   1999 Time series
# 39   Trinidad and Tobago: 24 %   1992 Time series
# 40   Senegal: 23.68 %   1992 Time series
# 41   Benin: 23.3 %   1999 Time series
= 42   Egypt: 22.5 %   1996 Time series
= 42   Uzbekistan: 22.5 %   2000 Time series
# 44   Cameroon: 22.1 %   2001 Time series
# 45   Turkey: 21.95 %   2002 Time series
# 46   Philippines: 21.5 %   1997 Time series
# 47   Romania: 20.4 %   1994 Time series
# 48   Albania: 19.83 %   2002 Time series
# 49   Paraguay: 19.7 %   1991 Time series
= 50   Costa Rica: 19.2 %   1992 Time series
= 50   Burkina Faso: 19.2 %   2003 Time series
# 52   Ghana: 18.6 %   1999 Time series
# 53   Cambodia: 18 %   2004 Time series
# 54   Brazil: 17.5 %   2003 Time series
= 55   Papua New Guinea: 16.1 %   1996 Time series
= 55   Indonesia: 16.1 %   1999 Time series
# 57   Panama: 15.3 %   1997 Time series
# 58   Sri Lanka: 15 %   1996 Time series
# 59   Algeria: 14.7 %   1995 Time series
# 60   Rwanda: 14.3 %   2000 Time series
# 61   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13.8 %   2002 Time series
# 62   Jordan: 12.9 %   2002 Time series
# 63   Jamaica: 12.79 %   2000 Time series
# 64   Uganda: 12.2 %   2003 Time series
# 65   Morocco: 12 %   1999 Time series
# 66   Mexico: 11.3 %   2004 Time series
# 67   Nepal: 9.6 %   2004 Time series
# 68   Zimbabwe: 7.9 %   1996 Time series
# 69   Estonia: 6.8 %   1995 Time series
# 70   Vietnam: 6.6 %   2002 Time series
# 71   Tunisia: 3.6 %   1995 Time series
# 72   China: 2 %   1998 Time series
Weighted average: 28.6 %   



DEFINITION: Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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