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



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

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi (1998)66.5
2Chad (1996)63
3Democratic Republic of the Congo (2005)61.5
4Gambia (2003)57
5Sierra Leone (2004)56.4
6Georgia (2003)56.2
7Azerbaijan (2001)55
8Zambia (2004)53
9Argentina (2002)53
10Guinea-Bissau (2002)52.6
11Madagascar (2005)52
12Niger (1993)52
13Armenia (2001)51.9
14Mozambique (2003)51.6
15Swaziland (2001)49
16Dominican Republic (2007)45.4
17Moldova (2002)42.56
18Lesotho (2003)41.5
19Mexico (2004)41
20Peru (2004)40.3
21Colombia (2006)39.1
22Kosovo (2006)37.4
23Ethiopia (2000)37
24Kenya (2006)34.4
25Yemen (1998)30.8
26Nigeria (1993)30.4
27Mongolia (2002)30.3
28Mali (1998)30.1
29Kazakhstan (1996)30
30Kyrgyzstan (2005)29.8
31Honduras (2004)29.5
32Tanzania (2001)29.47
33Benin (2003)29
34Nicaragua (2001)28.7
35El Salvador (2002)28.5
36Bangladesh (2005)28.4
37Guatemala (2006)28
38Egypt (2006)27.8
39Afghanistan (2007)27
40Laos (1998)26.86
41Malawi (2005)25.4
42Mauritania (2000)25.4
43Ecuador (2006)24.9
44India (2000)24.7
45Sri Lanka (2002)24.7
46Uruguay (1998)24.7
47Pakistan (1999)24.2
48Trinidad and Tobago (1992)24
49Senegal (1992)23.68
50Bolivia (2007)23.67
51Uzbekistan (2003)22.6
52Burma (2005)22
53Turkey (2002)21.95
54Costa Rica (2004)20.8
55Romania (1994)20.4
56Paraguay (1990)19.7
57Burkina Faso (2003)19.2
58Cambodia (2004)18
59Brazil (2003)17.5
60Papua New Guinea (1996)16.1
61Panama (1997)15.3
62Algeria (1995)14.7
63Rwanda (2000)14.3
64Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)13.8
65Uganda (2006)13.7
66Jordan (2002)12.9
67Jamaica (2000)12.79
68Cameroon (2007)12.2
69Indonesia (2004)12.1
70Morocco (1999)12
71Philippines (1997)11.9
72Albania (2005)11.2
73Ghana (2006)10.8
74Nepal (2004)9.6
75Zimbabwe (1996)7.9
76Estonia (1995)6.8
77Vietnam (2002)6.6
78Tunisia (1995)3.6
79China (1998)2
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