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Economy > Poverty and inequality > Population below national poverty line > Total: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage of country's population that falls below its poverty line.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Haiti 77% 2001
2 Equatorial Guinea 76.8% 2006
3 Zimbabwe 72% 2003
4 Guinea-Bissau 69.3% 2010
5 Eritrea 69% 1993
6 Madagascar 68.7% 2005
7 Burundi 66.9% 2006
8 Sierra Leone 66.4% 2003
=9 Honduras 66.2% 2010
=9 Sao Tome and Principe 66.2% 2009
11 Liberia 63.8% 2007
12 Swaziland 63% 2010
13 Nigeria 62.6% 2010
14 Central African Republic 62% 2008
15 Zambia 60.5% 2010
16 Niger 59.5% 2007
17 Togo 58.7% 2011
18 Lesotho 56.6% 2003
19 Guinea 55.2% 2012
20 Chad 55% 2003
21 Mozambique 54.7% 2008
22 Guatemala 53.7% 2011
=23 Mexico 51.3% 2010
=23 Bolivia 51.3% 2009
25 Malawi 50.7% 2010
26 South Sudan 50.6% 2009
27 East Timor 49.9% 2007
28 Gambia 48.4% 2010
=29 Senegal 46.7% 2011
=29 Burkina Faso 46.7% 2009
=29 Tajikistan 46.7% 2009
=32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 46.5% 2011
=32 Sudan 46.5% 2009
34 Kenya 45.9% 2005
35 Rwanda 44.9% 2011
36 Comoros 44.8% 2004
37 Mali 43.6% 2010
38 Cote d'Ivoire 42.7% 2008
=39 El Salvador 42.5% 2010
=39 Nicaragua 42.5% 2009
41 Mauritania 42% 2008
42 Dominican Republic 40.43% 2011
43 Cameroon 39.9% 2007
44 Mongolia 39.2% 2010
45 Papua New Guinea 37.5% 1996
46 Afghanistan 36% 2008
47 Armenia 35.8% 2010
48 Yemen 34.8% 2005
49 Colombia 34.1% 2011
50 Kyrgyzstan 33.7% 2010
51 Belize 33.5% 2002
52 Tanzania 33.4% 2007
53 Benin 33.3% 2007
=54 Panama 32.7% 2008
=54 Gabon 32.7% 2005
56 Paraguay 32.4% 2011
57 Venezuela 31.9% 2011
58 Bangladesh 31.51% 2010
59 Fiji 31% 2009
60 Botswana 30.6% 2003
61 Cambodia 30.1% 2007
62 India 29.8% 2010
63 Ethiopia 29.6% 2011
64 Namibia 28.7% 2009
65 Ecuador 28.6% 2011
66 Ghana 28.5% 2006
67 Peru 27.8% 2011
68 Laos 27.6% 2008
69 Cape Verde 26.6% 2007
70 Philippines 26.5% 2009
71 Nepal 25.2% 2011
72 Costa Rica 24.8% 2011
73 Georgia 24.7% 2009
74 Uganda 24.5% 2009
75 Bhutan 23.2% 2007
76 South Africa 23% 2006
77 Iraq 22.9% 2007
78 Solomon Islands 22.7% 2006
79 Pakistan 22.3% 2006
80 Egypt 22% 2008
=81 Moldova 21.9% 2010
=81 Palestine 21.9% 2009
83 Brazil 21.4% 2009
84 Vietnam 20.7% 2010
85 Republic of Macedonia 19% 2006
86 Turkey 18.1% 2009
87 Jamaica 17.6% 2010
88 Azerbaijan 15.8% 2008
89 Tunisia 15.5% 2010
90 Chile 15.1% 2009
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14% 2007
92 Romania 13.8% 2006
93 Uruguay 13.7% 2011
94 Jordan 13.3% 2008
95 Thailand 13.15% 2011
96 Albania 12.4% 2008
97 Indonesia 12% 2012
=98 Russia 11.1% 2006
=98 Croatia 11.1% 2004
=100 Poland 10.6% 2008
=100 Bulgaria 10.6% 2007
=102 Montenegro 9.3% 2011
=102 The Bahamas 9.3% 2001
104 Serbia 9.2% 2010
105 Morocco 9% 2007
106 Sri Lanka 8.9% 2010
107 Latvia 5.9% 2004
108 Belarus 5.4% 2009
109 Kazakhstan 5.3% 2011
110 China 4.6% 1998
111 Malaysia 3.8% 2009
112 Ukraine 2.9% 2008

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