DEFINITION
Population below line - proportion receiving less than $1 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Mali: |
72.8 |
|
|
# 2
|
Nigeria: |
70.2 |
|
|
# 3
|
Central African Republic: |
66.6 |
|
|
# 4
|
Zambia: |
63.6 |
|
|
# 5
|
Niger: |
61.4 |
|
|
# 6
|
Burkina Faso: |
61.2 |
|
|
# 7
|
Gambia, The: |
59.3 |
|
|
# 8
|
Sierra Leone: |
57 |
|
|
# 9
|
Madagascar: |
49.1 |
|
|
# 10
|
Ghana: |
44.8 |
|
|
# 11
|
India: |
44.2 |
|
|
# 12
|
Lesotho: |
43.1 |
|
|
# 13
|
Mozambique: |
37.8 |
|
|
# 14
|
Nepal: |
37.7 |
|
|
# 15
|
Zimbabwe: |
36 |
|
|
# 16
|
Rwanda: |
35.7 |
|
|
# 17
|
Namibia: |
34.9 |
|
|
# 18
|
Cameroon: |
33.4 |
|
|
# 19
|
Botswana: |
33.3 |
|
|
# 20
|
Ethiopia: |
31.2 |
|
|
# 21
|
Pakistan: |
31 |
|
|
# 22
|
Bangladesh: |
29.1 |
|
|
# 23
|
Mauritania: |
28.6 |
|
|
# 24
|
Kenya: |
26.5 |
|
|
= 25
|
Laos: |
26.3 |
|
|
= 25
|
Senegal: |
26.3 |
|
|
# 27
|
Honduras: |
24.3 |
|
|
# 28
|
Venezuela: |
23 |
|
|
# 29
|
El Salvador: |
21 |
|
|
# 30
|
Ecuador: |
20.2 |
|
|
# 31
|
Colombia: |
19.7 |
|
|
# 32
|
Paraguay: |
19.5 |
|
|
# 33
|
China: |
18.8 |
|
|
# 34
|
Mexico: |
15.9 |
|
|
# 35
|
Yemen: |
15.7 |
|
|
# 36
|
Peru: |
15.5 |
|
|
# 37
|
Bolivia: |
14.4 |
|
|
# 38
|
Panama: |
14 |
|
|
# 39
|
Mongolia: |
13.9 |
|
|
# 40
|
Costa Rica: |
12.6 |
|
|
# 41
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
12.4 |
|
|
# 42
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
12.3 |
|
|
# 43
|
Brazil: |
11.6 |
|
|
# 44
|
South Africa: |
11.5 |
|
|
# 45
|
Guatemala: |
10 |
|
|
# 46
|
Indonesia: |
7.7 |
|
|
# 47
|
Sri Lanka: |
6.6 |
|
|
= 48
|
Jamaica: |
3.2 |
|
|
= 48
|
Dominican Republic: |
3.2 |
|
|
# 50
|
Egypt: |
3.1 |
|
|
# 51
|
Turkey: |
2.4 |
|
|
= 52
|
Tunisia: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Morocco: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Chile: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Korea, South: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Jordan: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Thailand: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Algeria: |
2 |
|
|
= 52
|
Uruguay: |
2 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
25.2 |
|
DEFINITION: Population below line - proportion receiving less than $1 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.