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

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National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)71.3
2Sierra Leone (2004)70.2
3Swaziland (2001)69.2
4Madagascar (2005)68.7
5Zambia (2004)68
6Burundi (1998)68
7Guinea-Bissau (2002)65.7
8Mali (1998)63.8
9Niger (1993)63
10Gambia (2003)61.3
11Rwanda (2006)56.9
12Lesotho (2003)56.3
13Mozambique (2003)55.2
14Georgia (2003)54.5
15Tajikistan (2007)53.5
16Eritrea (1994)53
17Malawi (2005)52.4
18Venezuela (1999)52
19Peru (2004)51.6
20Guatemala (2006)51
21Armenia (2001)50.9
22Honduras (2004)50.7
23Azerbaijan (2001)49.6
24Dominican Republic (2007)48.5
25Moldova (2002)48.5
26Mexico (2004)47
27Kenya (2006)46.6
28Burkina Faso (2003)46.4
29Mauritania (2000)46.3
30Nicaragua (2001)45.8
31Kosovo (2006)45.1
32Colombia (2006)45.1
33Ethiopia (2000)44.2
34Chad (1996)43.4
35Kyrgyzstan (2005)43.1
36Republic of the Congo (2005)42.3
37Afghanistan (2007)42
38Yemen (1998)41.8
39Bangladesh (2005)40
40Guinea (1994)40
41Cameroon (2007)39.9
42Timor-Leste (2001)39.7
43Benin (2003)39
44Ecuador (2006)38.3
45Bolivia (2007)37.7
46Papua New Guinea (1996)37.5
47Panama (2003)36.8
48Mongolia (2002)36.1
49Tanzania (2001)35.7
50Guyana (1998)35
51Zimbabwe (1996)34.9
52Nigeria (1993)34.1
53Laos (2003)33.5
54Senegal (1992)33.4
55Pakistan (1999)32.6
56Togo (1989)32.3
57Burma (2005)32
58Uganda (2006)31.1
59Nepal (2004)30.85
60El Salvador (2006)30.7
61Cambodia (2007)30.14
62Romania (2002)28.9
63Vietnam (2002)28.9
64India (2000)28.6
65Ghana (2006)28.5
66Uzbekistan (2003)27.2
67Turkey (2002)27
68Philippines (1997)25.1
69Costa Rica (2004)23.9
70Sri Lanka (2002)22.7
71Algeria (1995)22.6
72South Africa (2008)22
73Macedonia (2003)21.7
74Brazil (2003)21.5
75Trinidad and Tobago (1992)21
76Paraguay (1990)20.5
77Russia (2002)19.6
78Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)19.5
79Ukraine (2003)19.5
80Morocco (1999)19
81Jamaica (2000)18.7
82Albania (2005)18.5
83Belarus (2004)17.4
84Hungary (1997)17.3
85Chile (1998)17
86Slovakia (2004)16.8
87Egypt (2000)16.7
88Indonesia (2004)16.7
89Malaysia (1989)15.5
90Kazakhstan (2002)15.4
91Poland (2001)14.8
92Jordan (2002)14.2
93Thailand (1998)13.6
94Bulgaria (2001)12.8
95Croatia (2004)11.1
96Mauritius (1992)10.6
97Estonia (1995)8.9
98Tunisia (1995)7.6
99Latvia (2004)5.9
100China (2004)2.8
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