Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators



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Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Tanzania (2000)88.52
2Liberia (2007)83.65
3Burundi (2006)81.32
4Rwanda (2000)76.56
5Mozambique (2003)74.69
6Malawi (2004)73.86
7Guinea (2003)70.13
8Madagascar (2005)67.83
9Niger (2005)65.88
10Nigeria (2004)64.41
11Zambia (2004)64.29
12Swaziland (2001)62.85
13Central African Republic (2003)62.43
14Chad (2003)61.94
15Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)59.22
16Burkina Faso (2003)56.54
17Nepal (2004)55.12
18Haiti (2001)54.9
19Angola (2000)54.31
20Republic of the Congo (2005)54.1
21Sierra Leone (2003)53.37
22Uganda (2005)51.53
23Mali (2006)51.43
24Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)50.91
25Bangladesh (2005)49.64
26Namibia (1993)49.14
27Guinea-Bissau (2002)48.83
28Benin (2003)47.33
29Uzbekistan (2003)46.28
30Comoros (2004)46.11
31Laos (2002)43.96
32Lesotho (2003)43.41
33India (2005)41.64
34South Asia (2005)40.34
35Ethiopia (2005)39.04
36Togo (2006)38.68
37Timor-Leste (2007)37.19
38Papua New Guinea (1996)35.82
39Gambia (2003)34.34
40Senegal (2005)33.5
41Cameroon (2001)32.81
42Botswana (1994)31.23
43Ghana (2006)29.99
44Indonesia (2007)29.4
45Sao Tome and Principe (2001)28.44
46Bhutan (2003)26.23
47South Africa (2000)26.2
48Cambodia (2007)25.84
49Low & middle income (2005)25.2
50Turkmenistan (1998)24.82
51Ivory Coast (2002)23.34
52Philippines (2006)22.62
53Pakistan (2005)22.59
54Tajikistan (2004)21.49
55Vietnam (2006)21.45
56Mauritania (2000)21.16
57St. Lucia (1995)20.93
58Cape Verde (2001)20.56
59Kenya (2005)19.72
60Djibouti (2002)18.84
61Honduras (2006)18.19
62Yemen (2005)17.53
63East Asia & Pacific (2005)16.78
64Colombia (2006)16.01
65China (2005)15.92
66Nicaragua (2005)15.81
67Suriname (1999)15.54
68Sri Lanka (2002)13.95
69Georgia (2005)13.44
70Belize (1995)13.36
71Bolivia (2007)11.86
72Guatemala (2006)11.7
73Panama (2006)9.48
74Latin America & Caribbean (2005)8.22
75Peru (2007)7.69
76Guyana (1998)7.68
77Algeria (1995)6.79
78Paraguay (2007)6.45
79El Salvador (2007)6.43
80Brazil (2007)5.21
81Gabon (2005)4.84
82Ecuador (2007)4.69
83Dominican Republic (2007)4.43
84Trinidad and Tobago (1992)4.16
85Mexico (2008)3.95
86Europe & Central Asia (2005)3.7
87Armenia (2007)3.65
88Middle East & North Africa (2005)3.6
89Venezuela (2006)3.53
90Kyrgyzstan (2007)3.42
91Argentina (2006)3.39
92Turkey (2006)2.57
93Tunisia (2000)2.55
94Morocco (2007)2.5
95Moldova (2007)2.38
96Mongolia (2008)2.24
97Azerbaijan (2005)2
98Belarus (2007)2
99Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)2
100Jamaica (2004)2
101Montenegro (2007)2
102Iran (2005)2
103Slovakia (1996)2
104Slovenia (2004)2
105Lithuania (2004)2
106Latvia (2007)2
107Seychelles (2007)2
108Macedonia (2006)2
109Serbia (2008)2
110Estonia (2004)2
111Hungary (2004)2
112Egypt (2005)2
113Albania (2005)2
114Thailand (2004)2
115Malaysia (2004)2
116Romania (2007)2
117Poland (2005)2
118Kazakhstan (2007)2
119Jordan (2006)2
120Bulgaria (2003)2
121Czech Republic (1996)2
122Russia (2007)2
123Uruguay (2007)2
124Croatia (2005)2
125Costa Rica (2007)2
126Chile (2006)2
127Ukraine (2008)2
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