Poverty

Africa Ranking

percent of populationSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	76.8	2006	37
2 ↓	Madagascar	70.7	2012	1	71.7
3 ↑	Eritrea	69	1993	37
4 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	66.7	2017	37
5 ↓	Burundi	64.9	2013	4	67.1
6 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	63.9	2012	2	69.3
7 ↑	Central African Republic	62	2008	37
8 ↓	Swaziland	58.9	2016	5	63
9 ↑	Sierra Leone	56.8	2018	37
10 ↑	South Africa	55.5	2014	11	53.2
11 ↓	Togo	55.1	2015	6	58.7
12 ↓	Zambia	54.4	2015	8	54.7
13 ↓	Liberia	50.9	2016	10	54.1
14 ↓	Malawi	50.7	2019	12	51.5
15 ↓	Lesotho	49.7	2017	7	56.6
16 ↓	Gambia	48.6	2015	15	48.1
17 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	47.7	2018	2	69.3
18 ↓	Senegal	46.7	2011	14	48.3
19 ↑	Sudan	46.5	2009	37
20 ↓	Mozambique	46.1	2014	8	54.7
21 ↑	Guinea	43.7	2018	37
22 ↑	Comoros	42.4	2013	37
23 ↑	Chad	42.3	2018	37
24 ↓	Mali	41.9	2020	19	42.3
25 ↑	Burkina Faso	41.4	2018	37
26 ↓	Republic of the Congo	40.9	2011	13	50.7
27 ↑	Niger	40.8	2018	37
28 ↑	Nigeria	40.1	2018	37
29 ↓	Ivory Coast	39.5	2018	18	44.4
30 ↓	Benin	38.5	2019	21	40.1
31 ↓	Zimbabwe	38.3	2019	27	30.4
32 ↓	Rwanda	38.2	2016	24	39.1
33 ↓	Cameroon	37.5	2014	22	39.9
34 ↓	Kenya	36.1	2015	16	46.8
35 ↓	Cape Verde	35	2015	17	46
36 ↓	Gabon	33.4	2017	25	32.7
37 ↓	Egypt	32.5	2017	31	27.8
38 ↓	Mauritania	31	2014	20	42
39 ↓	Tanzania	26.4	2017	30	28.2
40 ↓	Seychelles	25.3	2018	23	39.3
41 ↓	Ethiopia	23.5	2015	28	29.6
42 ↓	Ghana	23.4	2016	32	24.2
43 ↓	Djibouti	21.1	2017	37
44 ↓	Uganda	20.3	2019	34	20.3
45 ↓	Botswana	19.3	2009	26	30.6
46 ↓	Namibia	17.4	2015	29	28.7
47 ↓	Tunisia	15.2	2015	33	20.5
48 ↓	Mauritius	10.3	2017	36	7.9
49 ↓	Algeria	5.5	2011	37
50 ↓	Morocco	4.8	2013	35	8.9

Definition of Poverty

National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.