Global Rankings

Poverty

percent of population

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	3	Madagascar	75.20%
2	145	Eritrea	69.00%
3	10	Central African Republic	68.80%
4	4	Mozambique	65.00%
5	8	Honduras	60.10%
6	15	Zambia	60.00%
7	7	Swaziland	58.90%
8	1	Haiti	58.50%
9	9	Sierra Leone	56.80%
10	6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.20%
10	13	Nigeria	56.20%
12	11	Guatemala	56.00%
13	145	Sao Tome and Principe	55.50%
14	145	Somalia	55.40%
15	19	Gambia	53.40%
16	28	Belize	52.00%
17	5	Burundi	51.00%
18	16	Liberia	50.90%
19	17	Malawi	50.70%
19	2	Equatorial Guinea	50.70%
21	20	Guinea-Bissau	50.50%
22	12	Lesotho	49.70%
23	42	Yemen	48.60%
24	14	Afghanistan	47.10%
25	145	Sudan	46.50%
26	24	Comoros	44.80%
26	25	Chad	44.80%
28	22	Togo	43.80%
29	145	Guinea	43.70%
30	23	Mali	43.30%
31	27	Burkina Faso	43.20%
32	29	Niger	41.20%
32	51	Micronesia	41.20%
34	18	Republic of the Congo	40.90%
35	36	Papua New Guinea	39.90%
36	32	Kenya	39.80%
37	50	Zimbabwe	38.30%
38	26	Argentina	38.10%
39	21	South Africa	37.90%
40	38	Bolivia	37.70%
40	36	Cameroon	37.70%
42	35	Senegal	37.50%
42	30	Ivory Coast	37.50%
44	33	Benin	36.20%
45	40	Syria	35.20%
46	47	Egypt	33.50%
47	46	Gabon	33.40%
48	55	Venezuela	33.10%
48	70	Ethiopia	33.10%
50	145	Angola	32.30%
51	44	Mauritania	31.80%
51	43	Colombia	31.80%
53	49	Moldova	31.60%
54	68	Costa Rica	30.00%
55	39	Mexico	29.60%
56	56	Peru	27.60%
57	34	Rwanda	27.40%
57	60	Lebanon	27.40%
59	61	El Salvador	27.20%
60	59	Mongolia	27.10%
61	62	Tanzania	26.40%
62	145	Tuvalu	26.30%
63	52	Kyrgyzstan	25.70%
63	145	Barbados	25.70%
65	31	Seychelles	25.30%
66	64	Saint Lucia	25.00%
66	145	Grenada	25.00%
68	145	Palau	24.90%
68	54	Nicaragua	24.90%
70	40	Cape Verde	24.80%
70	48	Burma (Myanmar)	24.80%
72	45	Fiji	24.10%
73	67	Ghana	23.40%
74	71	Ukraine	23.20%
75	72	Estonia	22.50%
75	76	Latvia	22.50%
77	98	Samoa	21.90%
77	52	India	21.90%
77	65	Pakistan	21.90%
77	78	Macedonia	21.90%
81	78	Panama	21.70%
81	82	Bulgaria	21.70%
81	69	Armenia	21.70%
84	58	Ecuador	21.40%
85	145	Djibouti	21.10%
86	91	Lithuania	20.90%
87	76	Tonga	20.60%
88	63	Nepal	20.30%
88	87	Croatia	20.30%
90	85	Spain	20.20%
91	89	Italy	20.10%
91	73	Paraguay	20.10%
93	89	Montenegro	20.00%
94	85	Tajikistan	19.80%
95	82	Albania	19.70%
95	92	Serbia	19.70%
97	81	Romania	19.00%
98	94	Greece	18.80%
99	65	Bangladesh	18.70%
100	104	United Kingdom	18.60%
101	84	Cambodia	17.70%
102	145	Suriname	17.60%
103	97	Iraq	17.50%
104	57	Namibia	17.40%
105	93	Uruguay	17.30%
105	103	Luxembourg	17.30%
105	96	Dominican Republic	17.30%
108	102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.90%
109	105	Malta	16.70%
110	111	Tunisia	16.60%
111	99	Portugal	16.40%
112	87	Uganda	16.10%
112	107	Sweden	16.10%
112	95	Botswana	16.10%
115	110	Vanuatu	15.90%
116	112	Switzerland	15.80%
117	145	Jordan	15.70%
118	115	France	15.60%
119	101	Philippines	15.50%
120	100	Laos	15.00%
121	112	Austria	14.80%
121	107	Germany	14.80%
123	114	Netherlands	14.50%
124	107	Sri Lanka	14.30%
125	119	Ireland	14.00%
126	115	Cyprus	13.90%
127	123	Slovakia	13.70%
128	125	Poland	13.30%
129	117	Turkey	13.00%
130	126	Slovenia	12.70%
130	73	Solomon Islands	12.70%
132	123	Denmark	12.40%
132	135	Bhutan	12.40%
134	118	Belgium	12.30%
135	120	Finland	12.20%
135	121	Norway	12.20%
137	121	Hungary	12.10%
138	133	Czech Republic	10.20%
139	127	Georgia	9.40%
140	131	Indonesia	9.00%
141	130	Iceland	8.80%
142	129	Mauritius	8.40%
143	106	Jamaica	8.20%
144	134	Russia	7.20%
145	128	Chile	6.50%
146	137	Azerbaijan	6.00%
147	132	Uzbekistan	5.80%
148	80	Kiribati	5.50%
148	75	Algeria	5.50%
150	135	Maldives	5.40%
150	138	Thailand	5.40%
152	139	Malaysia	5.10%
153	140	Kazakhstan	5.00%
154	142	Vietnam	4.20%
155	141	Morocco	3.90%
156	143	Belarus	3.50%
157	144	China	0%

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