DEFINITION
Population below line - proportion receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Nigeria: |
90.8 |
|
|
# 2
|
Mali: |
90.6 |
|
|
# 3
|
Zambia: |
87.4 |
|
|
# 4
|
India: |
86.2 |
|
|
# 5
|
Burkina Faso: |
85.8 |
|
|
# 6
|
Niger: |
85.3 |
|
|
= 7
|
Rwanda: |
84.6 |
|
|
= 7
|
Pakistan: |
84.6 |
|
|
# 9
|
Central African Republic: |
84 |
|
|
# 10
|
Madagascar: |
83.3 |
|
|
# 11
|
Gambia, The: |
82.9 |
|
|
# 12
|
Nepal: |
82.5 |
|
|
# 13
|
Ghana: |
78.5 |
|
|
# 14
|
Mozambique: |
78.4 |
|
|
# 15
|
Bangladesh: |
77.8 |
|
|
# 16
|
Ethiopia: |
76.4 |
|
|
# 17
|
Sierra Leone: |
74.5 |
|
|
# 18
|
Laos: |
73.2 |
|
|
# 19
|
Mauritania: |
68.7 |
|
|
# 20
|
Senegal: |
67.8 |
|
|
# 21
|
Lesotho: |
65.7 |
|
|
# 22
|
Cameroon: |
64.4 |
|
|
# 23
|
Zimbabwe: |
64.2 |
|
|
# 24
|
Kenya: |
62.3 |
|
|
# 25
|
Botswana: |
61.4 |
|
|
# 26
|
Namibia: |
55.8 |
|
|
# 27
|
Indonesia: |
55.3 |
|
|
# 28
|
Egypt: |
52.7 |
|
|
# 29
|
China: |
52.6 |
|
|
# 30
|
Ecuador: |
52.3 |
|
|
# 31
|
Mongolia: |
50 |
|
|
# 32
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
49.4 |
|
|
# 33
|
Paraguay: |
49.3 |
|
|
# 34
|
Venezuela: |
47 |
|
|
# 35
|
Sri Lanka: |
45.4 |
|
|
# 36
|
Yemen: |
45.2 |
|
|
# 37
|
Honduras: |
45.1 |
|
|
# 38
|
El Salvador: |
44.5 |
|
|
# 39
|
Peru: |
41.4 |
|
|
# 40
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
39 |
|
|
# 41
|
Mexico: |
37.7 |
|
|
# 42
|
Colombia: |
36 |
|
|
# 43
|
South Africa: |
35.8 |
|
|
# 44
|
Bolivia: |
34.3 |
|
|
# 45
|
Guatemala: |
33.8 |
|
|
# 46
|
Panama: |
29 |
|
|
# 47
|
Thailand: |
28.2 |
|
|
# 48
|
Brazil: |
26.5 |
|
|
# 49
|
Costa Rica: |
26 |
|
|
# 50
|
Jamaica: |
25.2 |
|
|
# 51
|
Turkey: |
18 |
|
|
# 52
|
Dominican Republic: |
16 |
|
|
# 53
|
Algeria: |
15.1 |
|
|
# 54
|
Tunisia: |
10 |
|
|
# 55
|
Chile: |
8.7 |
|
|
# 56
|
Morocco: |
7.5 |
|
|
# 57
|
Jordan: |
7.4 |
|
|
# 58
|
Uruguay: |
6.6 |
|
|
# 59
|
Korea, South: |
2 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
52.0 |
|
DEFINITION: Population below line - proportion receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity). Data from most recent available between the period 1983 to 2000.