Africa Rankings
Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)
percent living on less than 1.90 usd a day
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 2 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 85.30% |
2 | 1 |  Mozambique | 81.40% |
3 | 5 |  Malawi | 75.40% |
4 | 3 |  Burundi | 74.20% |
5 | 6 |  Zambia | 71.70% |
6 | 7 |  Central African Republic | 71.60% |
7 | 7 |  Madagascar | 69.20% |
8 | 49 |  Somalia | 68.60% |
9 | 11 |  Niger | 60.50% |
10 | 10 |  Uganda | 59.80% |
11 | 15 |  Tanzania | 51.30% |
12 | 18 |  Zimbabwe | 49.20% |
13 | 17 |  Kenya | 46.90% |
14 | 12 |  Swaziland | 44.50% |
15 | 16 |  Burkina Faso | 42.10% |
16 | 4 |  Lesotho | 41.90% |
17 | 25 |  Nigeria | 41.80% |
18 | 14 |  Sierra Leone | 41.50% |
19 | 23 |  Guinea-Bissau | 39.90% |
20 | 19 |  Chad | 39.50% |
21 | 13 |  Republic of the Congo | 39.20% |
22 | 20 |  Ghana | 39.00% |
23 | 26 |  Ethiopia | 38.60% |
23 | 9 |  Rwanda | 38.60% |
25 | 30 |  Mali | 36.10% |
26 | 24 |  Togo | 34.40% |
27 | 27 |  Liberia | 33.60% |
28 | 32 |  Comoros | 31.40% |
29 | 29 |  South Africa | 31.20% |
30 | 22 |  Benin | 27.20% |
31 | 31 |  Cameroon | 26.70% |
32 | 28 |  Djibouti | 25.40% |
33 | 21 |  Namibia | 22.90% |
34 | 39 |  Gambia | 22.00% |
35 | 36 |  Botswana | 21.40% |
36 | 34 |  Ivory Coast | 20.90% |
37 | 37 |  Senegal | 17.90% |
38 | 33 |  Cape Verde | 14.60% |
39 | 38 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 13.00% |
40 | 35 |  Guinea | 11.70% |
41 | 42 |  Mauritania | 10.20% |
42 | 40 |  Sudan | 10.10% |
43 | 49 |  Equatorial Guinea | 8.80% |
44 | 44 |  Gabon | 3.80% |
45 | 43 |  Morocco | 3.70% |
46 | 45 |  Egypt | 1.40% |
47 | 46 |  Seychelles | 0.70% |
47 | 48 |  Tunisia | 0.70% |
49 | 47 |  Mauritius | 0.50% |
50 | 41 |  Algeria | 0% |