Poverty rate at national poverty lines by country, 2021
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 places ranked for 2021. Highest: Madagascar (75.2%). Lowest: Belarus (4.1%). The median is 20.4%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 72. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 75.2% | 2021 | |
| 2 | Honduras | 73.6% | 2021 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 68.8% | 2021 | |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.5% | 2021 | |
| 5 | Mali | 45.5% | 2021 | |
| 6 | Togo | 43.8% | 2021 | |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 43.2% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Niger | 41.2% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Colombia | 39.7% | 2021 | |
| 10 | Kenya | 38.6% | 2021 | |
| 11 | Cameroon | 37.7% | 2021 | |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.5% | 2021 | |
| 13 | Senegal | 37.5% | 2021 | |
| 14 | Argentina | 37.3% | 2021 | |
| 15 | Bolivia | 36.6% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Benin | 36.2% | 2021 | |
| 17 | Egypt | 33.5% | 2021 | |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 33.1% | 2021 | |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 30.7% | 2021 | |
| 20 | Ecuador | 27.7% | 2021 | |
| 21 | Armenia | 26.5% | 2021 | |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 26.2% | 2021 | |
| 23 | Peru | 25.9% | 2021 | |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 25.6% | 2021 | |
| 25 | El Salvador | 24.6% | 2021 | |
| 26 | Moldova | 24.5% | 2021 | |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 22.9% | 2021 | |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 22.9% | 2021 | |
| 29 | Estonia | 22.8% | 2021 | |
| 30 | Latvia | 22.5% | 2021 | |
| 31 | Panama | 21.8% | 2021 | |
| 32 | Romania | 21.2% | 2021 | |
| 33 | Lithuania | 20.9% | 2021 | |
| 34 | Albania | 20.6% | 2021 | |
| 35 | Tonga | 20.6% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Spain | 20.4% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Montenegro | 20.3% | 2021 | |
| 38 | Serbia | 20.2% | 2021 | |
| 39 | Italy | 20.1% | 2021 | |
| 40 | Greece | 18.8% | 2021 | |
| 41 | Georgia | 17.5% | 2021 | |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 17.3% | 2021 | |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 17.0% | 2021 | |
| 44 | Jamaica | 16.7% | 2021 | |
| 45 | Malta | 16.7% | 2021 | |
| 46 | Tunisia | 16.6% | 2021 | |
| 47 | Portugal | 16.4% | 2021 | |
| 48 | Sweden | 16.0% | 2021 | |
| 49 | Switzerland | 15.8% | 2021 | |
| 50 | France | 15.6% | 2021 | |
| 51 | Austria | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| 52 | Germany | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| 53 | Netherlands | 14.5% | 2021 | |
| 54 | Türkiye | 14.4% | 2021 | |
| 55 | Ireland | 14.0% | 2021 | |
| 56 | Cyprus | 13.9% | 2021 | |
| 57 | Slovakia | 13.7% | 2021 | |
| 58 | Belgium | 13.2% | 2021 | |
| 59 | Finland | 12.7% | 2021 | |
| 60 | Denmark | 12.4% | 2021 | |
| 61 | Norway | 12.2% | 2021 | |
| 62 | Hungary | 12.1% | 2021 | |
| 63 | Poland | 12.1% | 2021 | |
| 64 | Slovenia | 12.1% | 2021 | |
| 65 | Russia | 11.1% | 2021 | |
| 66 | Czechia | 10.2% | 2021 | |
| 67 | Indonesia | 10.1% | 2021 | |
| 68 | Thailand | 6.3% | 2021 | |
| 69 | Malaysia | 6.2% | 2021 | |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 5.2% | 2021 | |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 4.4% | 2021 | |
| 72 | Belarus | 4.1% | 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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