Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) by country, 2021
The share of people living on less than $4.20 a day at 2021 international prices, the World Bank's poverty line for lower-middle-income countries.
81 places ranked for 2021. Highest: Central African Republic (83.9%). Lowest: Slovenia (0.0%). The median is 2.0%.
Highest 10
- 1. Central African Republic 83.9%
- 2. Madagascar 83.9%
- 3. Niger 79.7%
- 4. Kenya 67.9%
- 5. Burkina Faso 64.6%
- 6. Ethiopia 63.7%
- 7. Guinea-Bissau 62.1%
- 8. Mali 59.5%
- 9. Togo 55.6%
- 10. Benin 50.0%
Lowest 10
- 81. Slovenia 0.0%
- 80. Finland 0.0%
- 79. Switzerland 0.1%
- 78. Netherlands 0.1%
- 77. Malaysia 0.1%
- 76. Luxembourg 0.1%
- 75. Czechia 0.1%
- 74. Cyprus 0.1%
- 73. Belgium 0.1%
- 72. South Korea 0.2%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 81. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 81 countries with a value for 2021, the highest is Central African Republic (83.9%) and the lowest Slovenia (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 2.0% and half below.
- From 2020 to 2021 the value rose in 0 countries and fell in 3.
- The figure for the world was 21.4% in 2021, against 24.9% in 2016 (−3.5 percentage points).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 83.9% | 2021 | |
| 2 | Madagascar | 83.9% | 2021 | |
| 3 | Niger | 79.7% | 2021 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 67.9% | 2021 | |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 64.6% | 2021 | |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 63.7% | 2021 | |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.1% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Mali | 59.5% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Togo | 55.6% | 2021 | |
| 10 | Benin | 50.0% | 2021 | |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.6% | 2021 | |
| 12 | Cameroon | 41.3% | 2021 | |
| 13 | Senegal | 37.3% | 2021 | |
| 14 | Kosovo | 28.4% | 2021 | |
| 15 | Indonesia | 24.2% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.3% | 2021 | |
| 17 | Tajikistan | 22.6% | 2021 | |
| 18 | Georgia | 22.3% | 2021 | |
| 19 | Philippines | 21.3% | 2021 | |
| 20 | Colombia | 18.4% | 2021 | |
| 21 | Brazil | 11.5% | 2021 | |
| 22 | Peru | 11.2% | 2021 | |
| 23 | Ecuador | 10.8% | 2021 | |
| 24 | Iran | 10.1% | 2021 | |
| 25 | El Salvador | 9.8% | 2021 | |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 9.1% | 2021 | |
| 27 | Armenia | 8.8% | 2021 | |
| 28 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2021 | |
| 29 | Panama | 6.7% | 2021 | |
| 30 | Paraguay | 5.6% | 2021 | |
| 31 | Bolivia | 5.5% | 2021 | |
| 32 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2021 | |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 4.1% | 2021 | |
| 34 | Montenegro | 4.0% | 2021 | |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 3.7% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Argentina | 3.3% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Romania | 3.0% | 2021 | |
| 38 | Serbia | 2.7% | 2021 | |
| 39 | Tunisia | 2.4% | 2021 | |
| 40 | Türkiye | 2.3% | 2021 | |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 2.0% | 2021 | |
| 42 | Tonga | 1.8% | 2021 | |
| 43 | Greece | 1.2% | 2021 | |
| 44 | Israel | 1.1% | 2021 | |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0% | 2021 | |
| 46 | Italy | 1.0% | 2021 | |
| 47 | Spain | 0.9% | 2021 | |
| 48 | Sweden | 0.9% | 2021 | |
| 49 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2021 | |
| 50 | Slovakia | 0.8% | 2021 | |
| 51 | Germany | 0.7% | 2021 | |
| 52 | United States | 0.6% | 2021 | |
| 53 | Austria | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 54 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 56 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2021 | |
| 57 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 58 | Estonia | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 60 | Portugal | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 61 | Russia | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 62 | Canada | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 63 | China | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 65 | Moldova | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 66 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 67 | France | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 68 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 69 | Malta | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 70 | Norway | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 71 | Poland | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 72 | South Korea | 0.2% | 2021 | |
| 73 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 74 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 75 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 77 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 78 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 79 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 80 | Finland | 0.0% | 2021 | |
| 81 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2021 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2021, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2021 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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