Global Rankings

Poverty

percent of population

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	3	Madagascar	75.20%
2	145	Eritrea	69.00%
3	9	Central African Republic	68.80%
4	4	Mozambique	65.00%
5	7	Honduras	60.10%
6	15	Zambia	60.00%
7	1	Haiti	58.50%
8	8	Sierra Leone	56.80%
9	6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.20%
9	13	Nigeria	56.20%
11	10	Guatemala	56.00%
12	145	Sao Tome and Principe	55.50%
13	145	Somalia	55.40%
14	11	Swaziland	53.50%
15	20	Gambia	53.40%
16	27	Belize	52.00%
17	5	Burundi	51.00%
18	16	Liberia	50.90%
19	2	Equatorial Guinea	50.70%
20	21	Guinea-Bissau	50.50%
21	12	Lesotho	49.70%
22	42	Yemen	48.60%
23	18	Malawi	47.30%
24	14	Afghanistan	47.10%
25	145	Sudan	46.50%
26	17	Comoros	46.10%
27	25	Chad	44.80%
28	34	Bolivia	44.70%
29	23	Togo	43.80%
30	145	Guinea	43.70%
31	24	Mali	43.30%
32	26	Burkina Faso	43.20%
33	51	Micronesia	41.20%
33	28	Niger	41.20%
35	18	Republic of the Congo	40.90%
36	37	Papua New Guinea	39.90%
37	31	Kenya	39.80%
38	50	Zimbabwe	38.30%
39	22	South Africa	37.90%
40	37	Cameroon	37.70%
41	29	Ivory Coast	37.50%
41	36	Senegal	37.50%
43	32	Benin	36.20%
44	40	Syria	35.20%
45	49	Moldova	33.60%
46	47	Egypt	33.50%
47	46	Gabon	33.40%
48	54	Venezuela	33.10%
48	69	Ethiopia	33.10%
50	145	Angola	32.30%
51	44	Mauritania	31.80%
51	43	Colombia	31.80%
53	67	Costa Rica	30.00%
54	39	Mexico	29.60%
55	76	Pakistan	28.90%
56	34	Argentina	28.20%
57	59	Lebanon	27.40%
57	33	Rwanda	27.40%
59	60	El Salvador	27.20%
60	57	Mongolia	27.10%
61	61	Tanzania	26.40%
62	145	Tuvalu	26.30%
63	58	Peru	25.70%
63	145	Barbados	25.70%
65	30	Seychelles	25.30%
66	145	Grenada	25.00%
66	64	Saint Lucia	25.00%
68	145	Palau	24.90%
68	53	Nicaragua	24.90%
70	48	Burma (Myanmar)	24.80%
70	40	Cape Verde	24.80%
72	45	Fiji	24.10%
73	62	Kyrgyzstan	24.00%
74	66	Ghana	23.40%
75	70	Ukraine	23.20%
76	74	Latvia	22.50%
76	71	Estonia	22.50%
78	98	Samoa	21.90%
78	52	India	21.90%
78	76	Macedonia	21.90%
81	68	Armenia	21.70%
81	76	Panama	21.70%
83	56	Ecuador	21.40%
84	80	Bulgaria	21.20%
85	145	Djibouti	21.10%
86	89	Lithuania	20.90%
87	74	Tonga	20.60%
88	63	Nepal	20.30%
88	93	Croatia	20.30%
90	83	Spain	20.20%
91	86	Italy	20.10%
92	86	Montenegro	20.00%
93	83	Tajikistan	19.80%
94	90	Serbia	19.70%
94	81	Albania	19.70%
96	92	Greece	18.80%
97	65	Bangladesh	18.70%
98	103	United Kingdom	18.60%
99	95	Romania	18.40%
100	82	Cambodia	17.70%
101	145	Suriname	17.60%
102	97	Iraq	17.50%
103	55	Namibia	17.40%
104	95	Dominican Republic	17.30%
104	102	Luxembourg	17.30%
104	91	Uruguay	17.30%
107	101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.90%
108	104	Malta	16.70%
109	110	Tunisia	16.60%
110	99	Portugal	16.40%
111	85	Uganda	16.10%
111	105	Sweden	16.10%
111	93	Botswana	16.10%
114	86	Paraguay	16.00%
115	108	Vanuatu	15.90%
116	111	Switzerland	15.80%
117	145	Jordan	15.70%
118	114	France	15.60%
119	100	Laos	15.00%
120	111	Austria	14.80%
120	105	Germany	14.80%
122	113	Netherlands	14.50%
123	105	Sri Lanka	14.30%
124	119	Ireland	14.00%
125	114	Cyprus	13.90%
126	123	Slovakia	13.70%
127	117	Poland	13.50%
128	116	Turkey	13.00%
129	72	Solomon Islands	12.70%
129	125	Slovenia	12.70%
131	123	Denmark	12.40%
131	134	Bhutan	12.40%
133	118	Belgium	12.30%
134	121	Norway	12.20%
134	120	Finland	12.20%
136	121	Hungary	12.10%
137	132	Czech Republic	10.20%
138	109	Philippines	9.70%
139	126	Georgia	9.40%
140	129	Iceland	8.80%
141	130	Indonesia	8.50%
142	128	Mauritius	8.40%
143	134	Jamaica	7.80%
144	133	Russia	7.20%
145	127	Chile	6.50%
146	137	Azerbaijan	6.00%
147	131	Uzbekistan	5.80%
148	73	Algeria	5.50%
148	79	Kiribati	5.50%
150	138	Thailand	5.40%
150	134	Maldives	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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