Global Rankings

Poverty

percent of population

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	3	Madagascar	75.20%
2	144	Eritrea	69.00%
3	10	Central African Republic	68.80%
4	4	Mozambique	65.00%
5	6	Honduras	62.90%
6	14	Zambia	60.00%
7	8	Swaziland	58.90%
8	1	Haiti	58.50%
9	9	Sierra Leone	56.80%
10	7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.20%
10	29	Nigeria	56.20%
12	11	Guatemala	56.00%
13	16	South Africa	55.50%
13	144	Sao Tome and Principe	55.50%
15	144	Somalia	55.40%
16	19	Gambia	53.40%
17	27	Belize	52.00%
18	5	Burundi	51.00%
19	15	Liberia	50.90%
20	2	Equatorial Guinea	50.70%
20	17	Malawi	50.70%
22	20	Guinea-Bissau	50.50%
23	12	Lesotho	49.70%
24	41	Yemen	48.60%
25	13	Afghanistan	47.10%
26	144	Sudan	46.50%
27	23	Comoros	44.80%
27	24	Chad	44.80%
29	21	Togo	43.80%
30	144	Guinea	43.70%
31	22	Mali	43.30%
32	26	Burkina Faso	43.20%
33	28	Niger	41.20%
33	51	Micronesia	41.20%
35	18	Republic of the Congo	40.90%
36	37	Papua New Guinea	39.90%
37	32	Kenya	39.80%
38	49	Zimbabwe	38.30%
39	25	Argentina	38.10%
40	37	Cameroon	37.70%
41	35	Senegal	37.50%
41	30	Ivory Coast	37.50%
43	36	Bolivia	36.50%
44	33	Benin	36.20%
45	50	Syria	35.20%
46	46	Egypt	33.50%
47	45	Gabon	33.40%
48	55	Venezuela	33.10%
48	70	Ethiopia	33.10%
50	144	Angola	32.30%
51	43	Mauritania	31.80%
51	42	Colombia	31.80%
53	48	Moldova	31.60%
54	69	Costa Rica	30.00%
55	39	Mexico	29.60%
56	62	Ecuador	28.00%
57	56	Peru	27.60%
58	34	Rwanda	27.40%
58	59	Lebanon	27.40%
60	60	El Salvador	27.20%
61	58	Mongolia	27.10%
62	61	Tanzania	26.40%
63	144	Tuvalu	26.30%
64	52	Kyrgyzstan	25.70%
64	144	Barbados	25.70%
66	31	Seychelles	25.30%
67	144	Grenada	25.00%
67	64	Saint Lucia	25.00%
69	144	Palau	24.90%
69	54	Nicaragua	24.90%
71	47	Burma (Myanmar)	24.80%
71	40	Cape Verde	24.80%
73	44	Fiji	24.10%
74	65	Armenia	23.70%
75	68	Ghana	23.40%
76	71	Ukraine	23.20%
77	78	Latvia	22.50%
77	74	Estonia	22.50%
79	73	Macedonia	22.20%
80	98	Samoa	21.90%
80	66	Pakistan	21.90%
80	52	India	21.90%
83	80	Panama	21.70%
83	83	Bulgaria	21.70%
85	144	Djibouti	21.10%
86	91	Lithuania	20.90%
87	78	Tonga	20.60%
88	63	Nepal	20.30%
88	96	Croatia	20.30%
88	88	Uganda	20.30%
91	86	Spain	20.20%
92	75	Paraguay	20.10%
92	89	Italy	20.10%
94	89	Montenegro	20.00%
95	86	Tajikistan	19.80%
96	92	Serbia	19.70%
96	83	Albania	19.70%
98	72	Dominican Republic	19.00%
98	82	Romania	19.00%
100	94	Greece	18.80%
101	66	Bangladesh	18.70%
102	103	United Kingdom	18.60%
103	144	Laos	18.30%
104	85	Cambodia	17.70%
105	144	Suriname	17.60%
106	97	Iraq	17.50%
107	57	Namibia	17.40%
108	102	Luxembourg	17.30%
108	93	Uruguay	17.30%
110	101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.90%
111	104	Malta	16.70%
112	110	Tunisia	16.60%
113	99	Portugal	16.40%
114	95	Botswana	16.10%
114	106	Sweden	16.10%
116	109	Vanuatu	15.90%
117	111	Switzerland	15.80%
118	144	Jordan	15.70%
119	114	France	15.60%
120	100	Philippines	15.50%
121	111	Austria	14.80%
121	106	Germany	14.80%
123	113	Netherlands	14.50%
124	106	Sri Lanka	14.30%
125	118	Ireland	14.00%
126	114	Cyprus	13.90%
127	122	Slovakia	13.70%
128	116	Turkey	13.60%
129	125	Poland	13.30%
130	126	Slovenia	12.70%
130	75	Solomon Islands	12.70%
132	134	Bhutan	12.40%
132	122	Denmark	12.40%
134	117	Belgium	12.30%
135	120	Norway	12.20%
135	119	Finland	12.20%
137	122	Russia	12.10%
137	120	Hungary	12.10%
139	133	Czech Republic	10.20%
140	127	Georgia	9.40%
141	132	Indonesia	9.00%
142	128	Uzbekistan	8.90%
143	131	Iceland	8.80%
144	130	Mauritius	8.40%
145	105	Jamaica	8.20%
146	129	Chile	6.50%
147	136	Azerbaijan	6.00%
148	138	Malaysia	5.80%
149	77	Algeria	5.50%
149	81	Kiribati	5.50%
151	137	Thailand	5.40%
151	134	Maldives	5.40%
153	139	Kazakhstan	5.00%
154	141	Vietnam	4.20%
155	142	Belarus	3.90%
155	140	Morocco	3.90%
157	143	China	0%

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