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	14	Central African Republic	96.10%
7	6	Niger	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	17	Tanzania	91.50%
14	8	Sierra Leone	91.50%
16	22	Guinea-Bissau	91.40%
17	18	Kenya	90.90%
18	12	Solomon Islands	90.70%
19	22	Burkina Faso	90.40%
20	10	Rwanda	89.80%
21	19	Chad	89.50%
22	33	Mali	88.60%
23	28	Pakistan	88.40%
24	21	Liberia	88.30%
25	9	Haiti	88.20%
26	32	Yemen	88.00%
27	85	Syria	87.90%
28	35	Togo	86.80%
29	26	Benin	86.50%
30	31	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	42	Vanuatu	81.30%
37	44	Ivory Coast	80.90%
38	43	Djibouti	80.80%
39	52	Angola	80.00%
40	40	Burma (Myanmar)	79.80%
41	26	Swaziland	79.30%
42	46	Senegal	78.60%
43	45	Gambia	78.20%
44	60	Micronesia	78.10%
45	48	Comoros	76.70%
46	36	Guinea	76.60%
47	40	Laos	75.30%
48	39	Kiribati	74.90%
49	51	Cameroon	74.00%
50	55	Sudan	73.20%
51	47	Kyrgyzstan	72.10%
52	30	Bangladesh	71.50%
53	53	Mauritania	71.20%
54	38	Sao Tome and Principe	70.00%
55	54	Indonesia	68.30%
56	57	South Africa	66.20%
57	50	Cape Verde	65.00%
58	61	Botswana	63.20%
59	76	Fiji	61.30%
60	49	Namibia	61.10%
61	158	Tuvalu	60.60%
62	62	Philippines	58.70%
63	63	Egypt	58.50%
64	158	Equatorial Guinea	58.10%
65	67	Armenia	56.90%
66	67	Tajikistan	55.40%
67	37	Guyana	54.20%
68	66	Sri Lanka	53.30%
69	34	Nepal	52.60%
70	120	Lebanon	50.70%
71	71	Honduras	49.80%
72	72	Samoa	49.40%
73	59	Morocco	49.00%
74	77	Guatemala	47.30%
75	64	Nicaragua	46.50%
76	73	Georgia	45.60%
77	67	Venezuela	43.30%
78	58	Algeria	41.80%
79	80	Colombia	37.60%
80	82	Peru	36.20%
81	81	Iran	36.00%
82	74	Azerbaijan	35.90%
83	65	Gabon	32.90%
84	87	Ecuador	32.60%
85	96	Trinidad and Tobago	30.50%
86	84	El Salvador	29.90%
87	85	Iraq	28.00%
88	83	Mexico	27.40%
89	70	Tonga	26.70%
90	79	Mongolia	24.40%
91	89	Brazil	23.40%
92	103	Jamaica	22.90%
93	97	Vietnam	21.50%
93	95	China	21.50%
95	75	Suriname	20.90%
96	91	Tunisia	20.70%
96	90	Uzbekistan	20.70%
98	93	Macedonia	20.50%
98	92	Paraguay	20.50%
100	100	Moldova	20.40%
101	116	Saint Lucia	19.90%
101	94	Albania	19.90%
103	99	Panama	19.80%
104	56	Belize	19.70%
105	158	Grenada	19.60%
106	88	Mauritius	19.10%
107	102	Bolivia	16.50%
108	111	Costa Rica	16.10%
109	158	Barbados	15.80%
110	97	Jordan	15.30%
111	106	Argentina	15.20%
111	101	Kazakhstan	15.20%
113	104	Montenegro	14.50%
114	105	Dominican Republic	14.00%
115	111	Ukraine	11.30%
116	109	Maldives	11.20%
117	107	Turkey	10.80%
118	114	Serbia	10.30%
119	78	Bhutan	10.10%
120	113	Thailand	9.90%
121	108	Seychelles	8.40%
122	117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.10%
123	118	Uruguay	5.90%
124	110	Chile	5.70%
125	115	Romania	5.10%
126	120	Bulgaria	4.40%
127	122	Israel	4.20%
128	118	Slovakia	4.10%
129	129	Lithuania	3.20%
129	126	Greece	3.20%
129	125	Japan	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%
137	132	United States	2.00%
139	136	Italy	1.90%
140	133	Hungary	1.80%
141	139	Australia	1.50%
141	135	Sweden	1.50%
143	133	Estonia	1.30%
144	137	Poland	1.10%
145	141	United Kingdom	1.00%
145	140	Austria	1.00%
147	138	Russia	0.90%
148	144	Czech Republic	0.80%
149	146	Malta	0.70%
150	142	Denmark	0.60%
150	158	United Arab Emirates	0.60%
152	146	Canada	0.50%
152	146	Germany	0.50%
152	146	South Korea	0.50%
155	144	Iceland	0.40%
155	143	Norway	0.40%
155	151	Finland	0.40%
158	150	France	0.30%
158	151	Netherlands	0.30%
158	151	Ireland	0.30%
158	154	Switzerland	0.30%
158	154	Belgium	0.30%
163	154	Luxembourg	0.20%
164	154	Slovenia	0.10%
164	158	Cyprus	0.10%
166	158	Qatar	0%

Data

Global Rankings

Poverty Ratio ($5.50)