Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators

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Target 1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) - Millennium Development Goals 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
24Moldova (2002)48.5
25Dominican Republic (2007)48.5
26Mexico (2004)47
27Kenya (2006)46.6
28Burkina Faso (2003)46.4
29Mauritania (2000)46.3
30Nicaragua (2001)45.8
31Colombia (2006)45.1
32Kosovo (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
39Guinea (1994)40
40Bangladesh (2005)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
56Burma (2005)32
57Uganda (2006)31.1
58Nepal (2004)30.85
59El Salvador (2006)30.7
60Cambodia (2007)30.14
61Vietnam (2002)28.9
62Romania (2002)28.9
63India (2000)28.6
64Ghana (2006)28.5
65Uzbekistan (2003)27.2
66Turkey (2002)27
67Philippines (1997)25.1
68Costa Rica (2004)23.9
69Sri Lanka (2002)22.7
70Algeria (1995)22.6
71South Africa (2008)22
72Macedonia (2003)21.7
73Brazil (2003)21.5
74Trinidad and Tobago (1992)21
75Paraguay (1990)20.5
76Russia (2002)19.6
77Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)19.5
78Ukraine (2003)19.5
79Morocco (1999)19
80Jamaica (2000)18.7
81Albania (2005)18.5
82Belarus (2004)17.4
83Hungary (1997)17.3
84Chile (1998)17
85Slovakia (2004)16.8
86Egypt (2000)16.7
87Indonesia (2004)16.7
88Kazakhstan (2002)15.4
89Poland (2001)14.8
90Jordan (2002)14.2
91Thailand (1998)13.6
92Bulgaria (2001)12.8
93Croatia (2004)11.1
94Mauritius (1992)10.6
95Estonia (1995)8.9
96Tunisia (1995)7.6
97Latvia (2004)5.9
98China (2004)2.8
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