Poverty Rate

Share of population below the national poverty line, percent — LOWER is better (World Bank, latest).

1. 🥇
   
   Belarus3.5%
2. 🥈
   
   Morocco3.9%
3. 🥉
   
   Vietnam4.2%
4. #4
   
   Kazakhstan5.0%
5. #5
   
   Malaysia5.1%
6. #6
   
   Maldives5.4%
7. #7
   
   Thailand5.4%
8. #8
   
   Algeria5.5%
9. #9
   
   Kiribati5.5%
10. #10
    
    Uzbekistan5.8%
11. #11
    
    Azerbaijan6.0%
12. #12
    
    Chile6.5%
13. #13
    
    Marshall Islands7.2%
14. #14
    
    Russia7.2%
15. #15
    
    Jamaica8.2%
16. #16
    
    Mauritius8.4%
17. #17
    
    Iceland8.8%
18. #18
    
    Indonesia9.0%
19. #19
    
    Georgia9.4%
20. #20
    
    Czech Republic10.2%
21. #21
    
    Hungary12.1%
22. #22
    
    Finland12.2%
23. #23
    
    Norway12.2%
24. #24
    
    Belgium12.3%
25. #25
    
    Bhutan12.4%
26. #26
    
    Denmark12.4%
27. #27
    
    Solomon Islands12.7%
28. #28
    
    Slovenia12.7%
29. #29
    
    Turkey13.0%
30. #30
    
    Poland13.3%
31. #31
    
    Slovakia13.7%
32. #32
    
    Cyprus13.9%
33. #33
    
    Ireland14.0%
34. #34
    
    Sri Lanka14.3%
35. #35
    
    Netherlands14.5%
36. #36
    
    Austria14.8%
37. #37
    
    Germany14.8%
38. #38
    
    Laos15.0%
39. #39
    
    Philippines15.5%
40. #40
    
    France15.6%
41. #41
    
    Jordan15.7%
42. #42
    
    Switzerland15.8%
43. #43
    
    Vanuatu15.9%
44. #44
    
    Botswana16.1%
45. #45
    
    Sweden16.1%
46. #46
    
    Uganda16.1%
47. #47
    
    Portugal16.4%
48. #48
    
    Tunisia16.6%
49. #49
    
    Malta16.7%
50. #50
    
    Bosnia and Herzegovina16.9%
51. #51
    
    Costa Rica17.1%
52. #52
    
    Dominican Republic17.3%
53. #53
    
    Luxembourg17.3%
54. #54
    
    Uruguay17.3%
55. #55
    
    Namibia17.4%
56. #56
    
    Iraq17.5%
57. #57
    
    Suriname17.6%
58. #58
    
    Kosovo17.6%
59. #59
    
    Cambodia17.7%
60. #60
    
    United Kingdom18.6%
61. #61
    
    Bangladesh18.7%
62. #62
    
    Greece18.8%
63. #63
    
    Romania19.0%
64. #64
    
    Albania19.7%
65. #65
    
    Serbia19.7%
66. #66
    
    Tajikistan19.8%
67. #67
    
    Montenegro20.0%
68. #68
    
    Italy20.1%
69. #69
    
    Paraguay20.1%
70. #70
    
    Spain20.2%
71. #71
    
    Croatia20.3%
72. #72
    
    Nepal20.3%
73. #73
    
    Tonga20.6%
74. #74
    
    Lithuania20.9%
75. #75
    
    Djibouti21.1%
76. #76
    
    Ecuador21.4%
77. #77
    
    Armenia21.7%
78. #78
    
    Bulgaria21.7%
79. #79
    
    Panama21.7%
80. #80
    
    India21.9%
81. #81
    
    North Macedonia21.9%
82. #82
    
    Pakistan21.9%
83. #83
    
    Samoa21.9%
84. #84
    
    Estonia22.5%
85. #85
    
    Latvia22.5%
86. #86
    
    Ukraine23.2%
87. #87
    
    Ghana23.4%
88. #88
    
    Fiji24.1%
89. #89
    
    Cape Verde24.8%
90. #90
    
    Myanmar24.8%
91. #91
    
    Nicaragua24.9%
92. #92
    
    Grenada25.0%
93. #93
    
    Saint Lucia25.0%
94. #94
    
    Seychelles25.3%
95. #95
    
    Barbados25.7%
96. #96
    
    Kyrgyzstan25.7%
97. #97
    
    Tuvalu26.3%
98. #98
    
    Tanzania26.4%
99. #99
    
    Mongolia27.1%
100. #100
     
     El Salvador27.2%
101. #101
     
     Lebanon27.4%
102. #102
     
     Rwanda27.4%
103. #103
     
     Peru27.6%
104. #104
     
     Mexico29.6%
105. #105
     
     Moldova31.6%
106. #106
     
     Colombia31.8%
107. #107
     
     Mauritania31.8%
108. #108
     
     Angola32.3%
109. #109
     
     Palestine32.8%
110. #110
     
     Ethiopia33.1%
111. #111
     
     Venezuela33.1%
112. #112
     
     Gabon33.4%
113. #113
     
     Egypt33.5%
114. #114
     
     Benin36.2%
115. #115
     
     Côte d'Ivoire37.5%
116. #116
     
     Senegal37.5%
117. #117
     
     Bolivia37.7%
118. #118
     
     Cameroon37.7%
119. #119
     
     South Africa37.9%
120. #120
     
     Argentina38.1%
121. #121
     
     Zimbabwe38.3%
122. #122
     
     Kenya39.8%
123. #123
     
     Congo (Brazzaville)40.9%
124. #124
     
     Micronesia41.2%
125. #125
     
     Niger41.2%
126. #126
     
     Timor-Leste41.8%
127. #127
     
     Burkina Faso43.2%
128. #128
     
     Guinea43.7%
129. #129
     
     Togo43.8%
130. #130
     
     Chad44.8%
131. #131
     
     Mali45.5%
132. #132
     
     Afghanistan47.1%
133. #133
     
     Yemen48.6%
134. #134
     
     Lesotho49.7%
135. #135
     
     Guinea-Bissau50.5%
136. #136
     
     Equatorial Guinea50.7%
137. #137
     
     Malawi50.7%
138. #138
     
     Liberia50.9%
139. #139
     
     Burundi51.0%
140. #140
     
     Belize52.0%
141. #141
     
     Gambia53.4%
142. #142
     
     Somalia55.4%
143. #143
     
     São Tomé and Príncipe55.5%
144. #144
     
     Guatemala56.0%
145. #145
     
     Congo (Kinshasa)56.2%
146. #146
     
     Nigeria56.2%
147. #147
     
     Sierra Leone56.8%
148. #148
     
     Haiti58.5%
149. #149
     
     Eswatini58.9%
150. #150
     
     Zambia60.0%
151. #151
     
     Honduras60.1%
152. #152
     
     Mozambique65.0%
153. #153
     
     Central African Republic68.8%
154. #154
     
     Madagascar75.2%
155. #155
     
     South Sudan82.3%

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