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DEFINITION
Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.
Economy Statistics > Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line > % of urban population (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
Chad: |
63 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #2 |
Mozambique: |
62 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #3 |
Sierra Leone: |
56.4 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #4 |
Georgia: |
56.2 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #5 |
Colombia: |
55 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #6 |
Azerbaijan: |
55 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #7 |
Malawi: |
54.9 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #8 |
Zambia: |
53 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #9 |
Madagascar: |
52.1 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #10 |
Niger: |
52 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #11 |
Armenia: |
51.9 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #12 |
Bolivia: |
50.55 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #13 |
Kenya: |
49 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #14 |
Gambia, The: |
48 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #15 |
Burundi: |
43 %
|
1990 ... |
|
| #16 |
Peru: |
42.9 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #17 |
Moldova: |
42.56 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #18 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
41.2 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #19 |
Ethiopia: |
37 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #20 |
Bangladesh: |
36.6 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #21 |
Dominican Republic: |
34.7 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #22 |
Yemen: |
30.8 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #23 |
Nicaragua: |
30.5 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #24 |
Nigeria: |
30.4 %
|
1993 ... |
|
| #25 |
Mongolia: |
30.3 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #26 |
Mali: |
30.1 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #27 |
Ecuador: |
30 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #28 |
Kazakhstan: |
30 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #29 |
Argentina: |
29.9 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #30 |
Honduras: |
29.5 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #31 |
Tanzania: |
29.47 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #32 |
El Salvador: |
28.5 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #33 |
Guatemala: |
27.1 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #34 |
Laos: |
26.86 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #35 |
Mauritania: |
25.4 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #36 |
India: |
24.7 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #37 |
Uruguay: |
24.7 %
|
1998 ... |
|
| #38 |
Pakistan: |
24.2 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #39 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
24 %
|
1992 ... |
|
| #40 |
Senegal: |
23.68 %
|
1992 ... |
|
| #41 |
Benin: |
23.3 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #42 |
Egypt: |
22.5 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #43 |
Uzbekistan: |
22.5 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #44 |
Cameroon: |
22.1 %
|
2001 ... |
|
| #45 |
Turkey: |
21.95 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #46 |
Philippines: |
21.5 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #47 |
Romania: |
20.4 %
|
1994 ... |
|
| #48 |
Albania: |
19.83 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #49 |
Paraguay: |
19.7 %
|
1991 ... |
|
| #50 |
Costa Rica: |
19.2 %
|
1992 ... |
|
| #51 |
Burkina Faso: |
19.2 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #52 |
Ghana: |
18.6 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #53 |
Cambodia: |
18 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #54 |
Brazil: |
17.5 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #55 |
Indonesia: |
16.1 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #56 |
Papua New Guinea: |
16.1 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #57 |
Panama: |
15.3 %
|
1997 ... |
|
| #58 |
Sri Lanka: |
15 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #59 |
Algeria: |
14.7 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #60 |
Rwanda: |
14.3 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #61 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
13.8 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #62 |
Jordan: |
12.9 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #63 |
Jamaica: |
12.79 %
|
2000 ... |
|
| #64 |
Uganda: |
12.2 %
|
2003 ... |
|
| #65 |
Morocco: |
12 %
|
1999 ... |
|
| #66 |
Mexico: |
11.3 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #67 |
Nepal: |
9.6 %
|
2004 ... |
|
| #68 |
Zimbabwe: |
7.9 %
|
1996 ... |
|
| #69 |
Estonia: |
6.8 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #70 |
Vietnam: |
6.6 %
|
2002 ... |
|
| #71 |
Tunisia: |
3.6 %
|
1995 ... |
|
| #72 |
China: |
2 %
|
1998 ... |
|
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Weighted average: |
28.6 %
|
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DEFINITION: Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.
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