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Extreme poverty (% of population)
Share of people living on less than the international extreme poverty line (about $3 a day at 2021 prices). Lower is better; 1st place has the lowest value.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SI.POV.DDAY
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Extreme poverty% of population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 0.0% of population | 2022 |
| 1 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% of population | 2022 |
| 1 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2023 |
| 1 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2023 |
| 1 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2021 |
| 1 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% of population | 2021 |
| 1 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2024 |
| 1 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2023 |
| 1 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% of population | 2024 |
| 10 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 10 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 10 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 10 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 10 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2021 |
| 10 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 10 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.1% of population | 2021 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2023 |
| 18 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% of population | 2023 |
| 18 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% of population | 2023 |
| 18 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% of population | 2023 |
| 18 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.2% of population | 2023 |
| 18 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.2% of population | 2024 |
| 23 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% of population | 2021 |
| 23 |  Canada |
North America | 0.3% of population | 2022 |
| 23 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% of population | 2023 |
| 23 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% of population | 2023 |
| 27 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.4% of population | 2024 |
| 27 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% of population | 2023 |
| 27 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.4% of population | 2022 |
| 27 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% of population | 2023 |
| 27 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.4% of population | 2023 |
| 27 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.4% of population | 2022 |
| 27 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% of population | 2023 |
| 27 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.4% of population | 2021 |
| 27 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.4% of population | 2021 |
| 36 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% of population | 2023 |
| 36 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.5% of population | 2023 |
| 36 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.5% of population | 2023 |
| 39 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.6% of population | 2023 |
| 40 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% of population | 2022 |
| 40 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.7% of population | 2023 |
| 40 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.7% of population | 2021 |
| 43 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% of population | 2024 |
| 43 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% of population | 2025 |
| 43 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% of population | 2024 |
| 43 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% of population | 2023 |
| 43 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.8% of population | 2023 |
| 48 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% of population | 2023 |
| 48 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.9% of population | 2023 |
| 50 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.0% of population | 2024 |
| 50 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.0% of population | 2023 |
| 52 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% of population | 2023 |
| 52 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.1% of population | 2023 |
| 52 |  United States |
North America | 1.1% of population | 2024 |
| 55 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.4% of population | 2021 |
| 55 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.4% of population | 2021 |
| 57 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.6% of population | 2024 |
| 57 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.6% of population | 2022 |
| 59 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.1% of population | 2024 |
| 59 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.1% of population | 2023 |
| 59 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.1% of population | 2024 |
| 62 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.2% of population | 2024 |
| 62 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.2% of population | 2022 |
| 64 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.3% of population | 2025 |
| 65 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 2.4% of population | 2022 |
| 66 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.5% of population | 2023 |
| 66 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.5% of population | 2021 |
| 68 |  India |
South Asia | 2.6% of population | 2023 |
| 69 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.0% of population | 2024 |
| 70 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.1% of population | 2024 |
| 71 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.4% of population | 2025 |
| 72 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.7% of population | 2025 |
| 73 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.2% of population | 2024 |
| 74 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.6% of population | 2023 |
| 75 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.1% of population | 2024 |
| 75 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5.1% of population | 2024 |
| 77 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 5.3% of population | 2023 |
| 78 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.8% of population | 2022 |
| 79 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 5.9% of population | 2022 |
| 80 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.1% of population | 2024 |
| 81 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 7.1% of population | 2024 |
| 82 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 8.5% of population | 2024 |
| 83 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.8% of population | 2022 |
| 84 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.7% of population | 2023 |
| 85 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% of population | 2022 |
| 86 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 15.7% of population | 2024 |
| 87 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.4% of population | 2022 |
| 88 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% of population | 2021 |
| 89 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.0% of population | 2022 |
| 90 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.8% of population | 2021 |
| 91 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.0% of population | 2024 |
| 92 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.7% of population | 2021 |
| 93 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 27.2% of population | 2021 |
| 94 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.7% of population | 2021 |
| 95 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.1% of population | 2021 |
| 96 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.6% of population | 2021 |
| 96 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.6% of population | 2023 |
| 98 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.5% of population | 2022 |
| 99 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.9% of population | 2021 |
| 100 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.8% of population | 2022 |
| 101 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.1% of population | 2021 |
| 102 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.5% of population | 2022 |
| 103 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.4% of population | 2023 |
| 104 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.5% of population | 2021 |
| 105 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.2% of population | 2021 |
| 106 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.6% of population | 2021 |
| 107 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 71.7% of population | 2022 |
| 108 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 81.4% of population | 2022 |
| — |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.3% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% of population | 2011 |
| — |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.3% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.9% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2005 |
| — |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.7% of population | 2016 |
| — |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.0% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.4% of population | 2015 |
| — |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 74.2% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.6% of population | 2015 |
| — |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.2% of population | 2011 |
| — |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 85.3% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.4% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.5% of population | 2016 |
| — |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.7% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.8% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.0% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.0% of population | 2016 |
| — |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.8% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.7% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 13.0% of population | 1998 |
| — |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 40.4% of population | 2012 |
| — |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.9% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.1% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.2% of population | 2020 |
| — |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.1% of population | 2010 |
| — |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.9% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.6% of population | 2016 |
| — |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 75.4% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Maldives |
South Asia | 0.0% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.1% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.2% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.5% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 26.1% of population | 2013 |
| — |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.7% of population | 2013 |
| — |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 10.3% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.9% of population | 2015 |
| — |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.7% of population | 2012 |
| — |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 6.6% of population | 2014 |
| — |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.9% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 52.2% of population | 2009 |
| — |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.1% of population | 2015 |
| — |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.5% of population | 2013 |
| — |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.7% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.5% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 40.3% of population | 2012 |
| — |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 76.5% of population | 2016 |
| — |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 2.7% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.1% of population | 2014 |
| — |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0% of population | 2017 |
| — |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 51.3% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 44.0% of population | 2014 |
| — |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.2% of population | 1992 |
| — |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 35.1% of population | 1998 |
| — |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.0% of population | 2010 |
| — |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.0% of population | 2020 |
| — |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% of population | 2018 |
| — |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 19.5% of population | 2019 |
| — |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.7% of population | 2006 |
| — |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 33.3% of population | 2014 |
| — |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.2% of population | 2019 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 108 ranked.