Poverty rate at national poverty lines
The share of the population living below each country's own national poverty line. National lines differ, so this is best used to follow one country over time.
72 countries have a value for 2021, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | – | 14.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | – | 16.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | – | 16.1% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | – | – |
| 2017 | 3.1% | – | – |
| 2016 | 4.5% | – | – |
| 2015 | 5.7% | – | – |
| 2014 | 7.2% | – | – |
| 2013 | 8.5% | – | – |
| 2012 | 10.2% | – | – |
| 2011 | 12.7% | 21.9% | – |
| 2010 | 17.2% | – | – |
| 2009 | – | 29.8% | – |
| 2005 | 30.2% | – | – |
| 2004 | – | 37.2% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 72 countries with a value for 2021, the highest is Madagascar (75.2%) and the lowest Belarus (4.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 20.4% and half below.
- From 2020 to 2021 the value rose in 9 countries and fell in 6.
About this measure
Before comparing
- Each country uses its own poverty line.
Source and dates
All countries in 2021 Every value is for 2021, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Madagascar 75.2%
- 2 Honduras 73.6%
- 3 Central African Republic 68.8%
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 50.5%
- 5 Mali 45.5%
- 6 Togo 43.8%
- 7 Burkina Faso 43.2%
- 8 Niger 41.2%
- 9 Colombia 39.7%
- 10 Kenya 38.6%
- 11 Cameroon 37.7%
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 37.5%
- 13 Senegal 37.5%
- 14 Argentina 37.3%
- 15 Bolivia 36.6%
- 16 Benin 36.2%
- 17 Egypt 33.5%
- 18 Ethiopia 33.1%
- 19 Dominican Republic 30.7%
- 20 Ecuador 27.7%
- 21 Armenia 26.5%
- 22 Costa Rica 26.2%
- 23 Peru 25.9%
- 24 Tajikistan 25.6%
- 25 El Salvador 24.6%
- 26 Moldova 24.5%
- 27 Bulgaria 22.9%
- 28 North Macedonia 22.9%
- 29 Estonia 22.8%
- 30 Latvia 22.5%
- 31 Panama 21.8%
- 32 Romania 21.2%
- 33 Lithuania 20.9%
- 34 Albania 20.6%
- 35 Tonga 20.6%
- 36 Spain 20.4%
- 37 Montenegro 20.3%
- 38 Serbia 20.2%
- 39 Italy 20.1%
- 40 Greece 18.8%
- 41 Georgia 17.5%
- 42 Luxembourg 17.3%
- 43 Uzbekistan 17.0%
- 44 Jamaica 16.7%
- 45 Malta 16.7%
- 46 Tunisia 16.6%
- 47 Portugal 16.4%
- 48 Sweden 16.0%
- 49 Switzerland 15.8%
- 50 France 15.6%
- 51 Austria 14.8%
- 52 Germany 14.8%
- 53 Netherlands 14.5%
- 54 Türkiye 14.4%
- 55 Ireland 14.0%
- 56 Cyprus 13.9%
- 57 Slovakia 13.7%
- 58 Belgium 13.2%
- 59 Finland 12.7%
- 60 Denmark 12.4%
- 61 Norway 12.2%
- 62 Hungary 12.1%
- 63 Poland 12.1%
- 64 Slovenia 12.1%
- 65 Russia 11.1%
- 66 Czechia 10.2%
- 67 Indonesia 10.1%
- 68 Thailand 6.3%
- 69 Malaysia 6.2%
- 70 Kazakhstan 5.2%
- 71 Viet Nam 4.4%
- 72 Belarus 4.1%
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Related measures
- Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP)World Bank
- At-risk-of-poverty rateEurostat
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Grey: no value for 2021. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.