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Share Of All Poor People > Poverty statistics - countries compared - NationMaster
 

Economy Statistics > Poverty > Share of all poor people (most recent) by country


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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   India: 41.01 % of world's poor 
# 2   China: 22.12 % of world's poor 
# 3   Nigeria: 8.03 % of world's poor 
# 4   Pakistan: 3.86 % of world's poor 
# 5   Bangladesh: 3.49 % of world's poor 
= 6   Brazil: 1.82 % of world's poor 
= 6   Ethiopia: 1.82 % of world's poor 
# 8   Indonesia: 1.49 % of world's poor 
# 9   Mexico: 1.43 % of world's poor 
# 10   Russia: 0.99 % of world's poor 
= 11   Ghana: 0.78 % of world's poor 
= 11   Nepal: 0.78 % of world's poor 
# 13   Colombia: 0.76 % of world's poor 
# 14   Kenya: 0.72 % of world's poor 
# 15   Mali: 0.71 % of world's poor 
# 16   Madagascar: 0.68 % of world's poor 
# 17   Burkina Faso: 0.62 % of world's poor 
= 18   Mozambique: 0.61 % of world's poor 
= 18   Tanzania: 0.61 % of world's poor 
# 20   Niger: 0.59 % of world's poor 
# 21   Zambia: 0.58 % of world's poor 
# 22   Venezuela: 0.51 % of world's poor 
= 23   Cameroon: 0.45 % of world's poor 
= 23   South Africa: 0.45 % of world's poor 
# 25   Zimbabwe: 0.41 % of world's poor 
# 26   Peru: 0.36 % of world's poor 
# 27   Rwanda: 0.27 % of world's poor 
# 28   Sierra Leone: 0.26 % of world's poor 
# 29   Yemen: 0.25 % of world's poor 
= 30   Ecuador: 0.23 % of world's poor 
= 30   Central African Republic: 0.23 % of world's poor 
# 32   Senegal: 0.22 % of world's poor 
# 33   Egypt: 0.18 % of world's poor 
= 34   Honduras: 0.14 % of world's poor 
= 34   Turkey: 0.14 % of world's poor 
= 34   Ukraine: 0.14 % of world's poor 
# 37   Laos: 0.13 % of world's poor 
= 38   El Salvador: 0.12 % of world's poor 
= 38   Sri Lanka: 0.12 % of world's poor 
= 40   Thailand: 0.11 % of world's poor 
= 40   Bolivia: 0.11 % of world's poor 
= 42   Guatemala: 0.1 % of world's poor 
= 42   Paraguay: 0.1 % of world's poor 
# 44   Korea, South: 0.09 % of world's poor 
= 45   Lesotho: 0.08 % of world's poor 
= 45   Uzbekistan: 0.08 % of world's poor 
= 47   Gambia, The: 0.07 % of world's poor 
= 47   Mauritania: 0.07 % of world's poor 
= 47   Poland: 0.07 % of world's poor 
= 50   Algeria: 0.06 % of world's poor 
= 50   Namibia: 0.06 % of world's poor 
= 50   Romania: 0.06 % of world's poor 
= 53   Moldova: 0.05 % of world's poor 
= 53   Morocco: 0.05 % of world's poor 
= 53   Botswana: 0.05 % of world's poor 
= 56   Panama: 0.04 % of world's poor 
= 56   Kazakhstan: 0.04 % of world's poor 
= 56   Costa Rica: 0.04 % of world's poor 
= 59   Armenia: 0.03 % of world's poor 
= 59   Chile: 0.03 % of world's poor 
= 59   Mongolia: 0.03 % of world's poor 
= 62   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Hungary: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Bulgaria: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Czech Republic: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Dominican Republic: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Portugal: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Tunisia: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 62   Belarus: 0.02 % of world's poor 
= 70   Jamaica: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Lithuania: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Azerbaijan: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Uruguay: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Jordan: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Croatia: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Slovakia: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 70   Georgia: 0.01 % of world's poor 
= 78   Estonia: 0 % of world's poor 
= 78   Latvia: 0 % of world's poor 
= 78   Slovenia: 0 % of world's poor 
Weighted average: 1.2 % of world's poor  



DEFINITION: The percentage of the world's total poor who live in each nation. 'Poor' here is defined as lving below the global poverty line of US$1 per day.

SOURCE: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling via NationMaster

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