Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators



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Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Sierra Leone (2004)79
2Zambia (2004)78
3Mali (1998)75.9
4Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)75.72
5Swaziland (2001)75
6Peru (2004)72.5
7Guatemala (2006)72
8Honduras (2004)70.4
9Moldova (2002)67.16
10Niger (1993)66
11Haiti (1995)66
12Panama (1997)64.9
13Burundi (1998)64.6
14Nicaragua (2001)64.3
15Bolivia (2007)63.94
16Gambia (2003)63
17Rwanda (2006)62.5
18Colombia (2006)62.1
19Ecuador (2006)61.5
20Mauritania (2000)61.2
21Lesotho (2003)60.5
22Mexico (2004)56.9
23Malawi (2005)55.9
24Tajikistan (2007)55
25Cameroon (2007)55
26Mozambique (2003)54.1
27Dominican Republic (2007)54.1
28Madagascar (2005)53.5
29Georgia (2003)52.7
30Burkina Faso (2003)52.4
31Kyrgyzstan (2005)50.8
32Kenya (2006)49.7
33Kosovo (2006)49.2
34Republic of the Congo (2005)49.2
35Armenia (2001)48.7
36Chad (1996)48.6
37Zimbabwe (1996)48
38Benin (2003)46
39Afghanistan (2007)45
40Ethiopia (2000)45
41Yemen (1998)45
42Bangladesh (2005)43.8
43Mongolia (2002)43.4
44Azerbaijan (2001)42
45Papua New Guinea (1996)41.3
46Brazil (2003)41
47Laos (1998)40.97
48Senegal (1992)40.44
49Ghana (2006)39.2
50Kazakhstan (1996)39
51Tanzania (2001)38.7
52Philippines (1997)36.9
53Nigeria (1993)36.4
54El Salvador (2006)36
55Burma (2003)36
56Pakistan (1999)35.9
57Vietnam (2002)35.6
58Cambodia (2007)34.7
59Nepal (2004)34.6
60Turkey (2002)34.48
61Uganda (2006)34.2
62Algeria (1995)30.3
63India (2000)30.2
64Uzbekistan (2003)29.8
65Paraguay (1990)28.5
66Ukraine (2003)28.4
67Costa Rica (2004)28.3
68Romania (1994)27.9
69Morocco (1999)27.2
70Jamaica (2000)25.1
71Albania (2005)24.2
72Egypt (1996)23.3
73Macedonia (2003)22.3
74Indonesia (2004)20.11
75Trinidad and Tobago (1992)20
76Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)19.9
77Jordan (2002)18.7
78Estonia (1995)14.7
79Tunisia (1995)13.9
80Latvia (2004)12.7
81Sri Lanka (2002)7.9
82China (2005)2.5
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