Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators



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Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 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 $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) - Poverty rates - Poverty - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Tanzania (2000)96.57
2Liberia (2007)94.84
3Burundi (2006)93.45
4Malawi (2004)90.45
5Rwanda (2000)90.29
6Mozambique (2003)90.03
7Madagascar (2005)89.61
8Guinea (2003)87.23
9Niger (2005)85.58
10Nigeria (2004)83.91
11Chad (2003)83.28
12Central African Republic (2003)81.9
13Zambia (2004)81.52
14Bangladesh (2005)81.33
15Burkina Faso (2003)81.21
16Swaziland (2001)81.02
17Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)79.55
18Guinea-Bissau (2002)77.91
19Ethiopia (2005)77.57
20Nepal (2004)77.57
21Mali (2006)77.1
22Laos (2002)76.85
23Uzbekistan (2003)76.68
24Sierra Leone (2003)76.08
25Uganda (2005)75.6
26India (2005)75.6
27Benin (2003)75.32
28Republic of the Congo (2005)74.4
29South Asia (2005)73.91
30Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)72.85
31Timor-Leste (2007)72.84
32Haiti (2001)72.15
33Angola (2000)70.21
34Togo (2006)69.29
35Comoros (2004)64.96
36Lesotho (2003)62.25
37Namibia (1993)62.23
38Senegal (2005)60.36
39Pakistan (2005)60.31
40Indonesia (2007)59.99
41Cambodia (2007)57.83
42Cameroon (2001)57.68
43Papua New Guinea (1996)57.42
44Gambia (2003)56.7
45Sao Tome and Principe (2001)56.58
46Ghana (2006)53.61
47Tajikistan (2004)50.84
48Turkmenistan (1998)49.65
49Bhutan (2003)49.49
50Botswana (1994)49.4
51Vietnam (2006)48.42
52Low & middle income (2005)47
53Ivory Coast (2002)46.78
54Yemen (2005)46.6
55Philippines (2006)45.04
56Mauritania (2000)44.13
57South Africa (2000)42.9
58Djibouti (2002)41.17
59St. Lucia (1995)40.55
60Cape Verde (2001)40.22
61Kenya (2005)39.92
62Sri Lanka (2002)39.74
63East Asia & Pacific (2005)38.7
64China (2005)36.28
65Nicaragua (2005)31.86
66Georgia (2005)30.39
67Honduras (2006)29.73
68Colombia (2006)27.88
69Kyrgyzstan (2007)27.46
70Suriname (1999)27.19
71Guatemala (2006)24.27
72Algeria (1995)23.61
73Belize (1995)23.05
74Bolivia (2007)21.9
75Armenia (2007)21.01
76Gabon (2005)19.57
77Egypt (2005)18.46
78Panama (2006)17.85
79Peru (2007)17.84
80Latin America & Caribbean (2005)17.12
81Middle East & North Africa (2005)16.85
82Guyana (1998)16.81
83Paraguay (2007)14.23
84Morocco (2007)13.97
85Mongolia (2008)13.61
86Trinidad and Tobago (1992)13.53
87El Salvador (2007)13.22
88Tunisia (2000)12.82
89Ecuador (2007)12.82
90Brazil (2007)12.69
91Dominican Republic (2007)12.28
92Thailand (2004)11.52
93Moldova (2007)11.51
94Venezuela (2006)10.24
95Europe & Central Asia (2005)8.9
96Turkey (2006)8.23
97Mexico (2008)8.22
98Iran (2005)8.03
99Albania (2005)7.85
100Malaysia (2004)7.81
101Argentina (2006)7.34
102Jamaica (2004)5.85
103Macedonia (2006)5.3
104Costa Rica (2007)4.25
105Uruguay (2007)4.25
106Romania (2007)4.05
107Jordan (2006)3.46
108Chile (2006)2.38
109Bulgaria (2003)2.35
110Czech Republic (1996)2
111Croatia (2005)2
112Slovakia (1996)2
113Latvia (2007)2
114Serbia (2008)2
115Lithuania (2004)2
116Hungary (2004)2
117Russia (2007)2
118Kazakhstan (2007)2
119Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)2
120Belarus (2007)2
121Ukraine (2008)2
122Seychelles (2007)2
123Poland (2005)2
124Montenegro (2007)2
125Azerbaijan (2005)2
126Estonia (2004)2
127Slovenia (2004)2
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