Global Rankings

Poverty Ratio ($5.50)

percent living on less than 5.50 usd a day

Rank		Country	%
Current	Previous	Country	%
1	1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	98.00%
2	158	Somalia	97.90%
3	2	Burundi	97.40%
4	3	Malawi	97.10%
5	7	Madagascar	96.60%
6	3	Mozambique	96.30%
7	6	Niger	96.10%
7	14	Central African Republic	96.10%
9	16	Zambia	94.00%
10	11	Uganda	93.60%
11	20	Ethiopia	93.50%
12	25	Nigeria	92.90%
13	15	Papua New Guinea	92.10%
14	8	Sierra Leone	91.50%
14	17	Tanzania	91.50%
16	22	Guinea-Bissau	91.40%
17	12	Solomon Islands	90.70%
18	22	Burkina Faso	90.40%
19	18	Kenya	90.10%
20	10	Rwanda	89.80%
21	19	Chad	89.50%
22	85	Syria	89.30%
23	34	Mali	88.60%
24	21	Liberia	88.30%
25	9	Haiti	88.20%
26	30	Yemen	88.00%
27	26	Pakistan	87.10%
28	35	Togo	87.00%
29	27	Benin	86.50%
30	32	Zimbabwe	86.20%
31	29	Ghana	85.40%
32	158	Turkmenistan	84.60%
33	5	Lesotho	83.80%
34	24	Republic of the Congo	82.40%
35	13	India	82.10%
36	40	Vanuatu	81.30%
37	42	Ivory Coast	80.90%
38	41	Djibouti	80.80%
39	52	Angola	80.00%
40	39	Burma (Myanmar)	79.80%
41	27	Swaziland	79.30%
42	44	Senegal	78.60%
43	43	Gambia	78.20%
44	60	Micronesia	78.10%
45	36	Guinea	76.60%
46	50	Cameroon	74.00%
47	54	Sudan	73.20%
48	30	Bangladesh	71.50%
49	53	Mauritania	71.20%
50	46	Laos	70.30%
51	38	Sao Tome and Principe	70.00%
52	49	Comoros	68.20%
53	51	Kyrgyzstan	65.20%
53	55	Indonesia	65.20%
55	48	Cape Verde	65.00%
56	61	Botswana	63.20%
57	76	Fiji	61.30%
58	45	Namibia	61.10%
59	158	Tuvalu	60.60%
60	57	South Africa	59.60%
61	62	Philippines	58.70%
62	63	Egypt	58.50%
63	158	Equatorial Guinea	58.10%
64	68	Tajikistan	55.40%
65	37	Guyana	54.20%
66	67	Sri Lanka	53.30%
67	33	Nepal	52.70%
68	47	Kiribati	52.00%
69	120	Lebanon	50.70%
70	71	Honduras	49.80%
71	72	Samoa	49.40%
72	59	Morocco	49.00%
73	65	Armenia	47.40%
74	77	Guatemala	47.30%
75	64	Nicaragua	46.50%
76	73	Georgia	45.60%
77	68	Venezuela	43.30%
78	58	Algeria	41.80%
79	80	Colombia	37.00%
80	82	Peru	36.20%
81	81	Iran	36.00%
82	74	Azerbaijan	35.90%
83	65	Gabon	32.90%
84	96	Trinidad and Tobago	30.50%
85	84	Ecuador	30.10%
86	83	El Salvador	29.90%
87	85	Iraq	28.00%
88	70	Tonga	26.70%
89	79	Mongolia	24.40%
90	102	Jamaica	22.90%
91	97	Vietnam	21.50%
92	87	Mexico	21.40%
93	95	China	21.30%
94	75	Suriname	20.90%
95	89	Tunisia	20.70%
96	90	Brazil	20.60%
97	92	Macedonia	20.50%
97	91	Paraguay	20.50%
99	100	Moldova	20.40%
100	116	Saint Lucia	19.90%
100	93	Albania	19.90%
102	99	Panama	19.80%
103	56	Belize	19.70%
104	158	Grenada	19.60%
105	88	Mauritius	19.10%
106	106	Bolivia	17.40%
107	111	Costa Rica	16.10%
108	158	Barbados	15.80%
109	97	Jordan	15.30%
110	107	Argentina	15.20%
110	101	Kazakhstan	15.20%
112	103	Montenegro	14.50%
113	105	Dominican Republic	14.00%
114	94	Uzbekistan	12.40%
115	114	Thailand	11.70%
115	104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.70%
117	111	Ukraine	11.30%
118	109	Maldives	11.20%
119	78	Bhutan	9.00%
119	113	Serbia	9.00%
121	108	Seychelles	8.40%
122	117	Uruguay	5.90%
123	115	Romania	5.10%
124	119	Chile	4.50%
125	120	Bulgaria	4.40%
125	122	Israel	4.40%
127	110	Turkey	4.10%
127	117	Slovakia	4.10%
129	125	Japan	3.30%
130	126	Greece	3.20%
130	129	Lithuania	3.20%
132	123	Malaysia	2.90%
133	127	Latvia	2.80%
134	124	Belarus	2.60%
135	130	Spain	2.30%
136	128	Portugal	2.20%
137	130	Croatia	2.00%
138	136	Italy	1.90%
139	132	United States	1.80%
139	133	Hungary	1.80%
141	139	Germany	1.60%
142	139	Australia	1.50%
142	135	Sweden	1.50%
144	133	Estonia	1.30%
145	137	Poland	1.10%
145	144	Malta	1.10%
147	141	Austria	1.00%
148	142	United Kingdom	0.90%
148	138	Russia	0.90%
150	146	Czech Republic	0.80%
151	158	United Arab Emirates	0.60%
151	149	Canada	0.60%
151	143	Denmark	0.60%
154	148	South Korea	0.50%
155	144	Norway	0.40%
155	151	Finland	0.40%
155	146	Iceland	0.40%
158	149	France	0.30%
158	154	Switzerland	0.30%
158	151	Ireland	0.30%
158	151	Netherlands	0.30%
158	154	Belgium	0.30%
163	154	Luxembourg	0.20%
164	158	Cyprus	0.10%
164	154	Slovenia	0.10%
166	158	Qatar	0%

Data

Global Rankings

Poverty Ratio ($5.50)