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National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

Afghanistan

54.5% (2016 est.)

Albania

14.3% (2012 est.)

Algeria

5.5% (2011 est.)

Angola

32.3% (2018 est.)

Anguilla

23% (2002 est.)

Argentina

35.5% (2019 est.)

Armenia

26.4% (2019 est.)

Austria

13.3% (2018 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.9% (2015 est.)

Bahamas, The

9.3% (2010 est.)

Bangladesh

24.3% (2016 est.)

Belarus

5% (2019 est.)

Belgium

14.8% (2018 est.)

Belize

41% (2013 est.)

Benin

38.5% (2019 est.)

Bermuda

11% (2008 est.)

Bhutan

8.2% (2017 est.)

Bolivia

37.2% (2019 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16.9% (2015 est.)

Botswana

19.3% (2009 est.)

Brazil

4.2% (2016 est.)

note: approximately 4% of the population are below the "extreme" poverty line

Bulgaria

23.8% (2019 est.)

Burkina Faso

41.4% (2018 est.)

Burma

24.8% (2017 est.)

Burundi

64.6% (2014 est.)

Cabo Verde

35% (2015 est.)

Cambodia

16.5% (2016 est.)

Cameroon

37.5% (2014 est.)

Canada

9.4% (2008 est.)

note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line

Central African Republic

62% (2008 est.) NA

Chad

42.3% (2018 est.)

Chile

8.6% (2017 est.)

China

0.6% (2019 est.)

Colombia

35.7% (2019 est.)

Comoros

42.4% (2013 est.)

Congo, Republic of the

40.9% (2011 est.)

Costa Rica

21% (2019 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

39.5% (2018 est.)

Croatia

18.3% (2018 est.)

Cyprus

14.7% (2018 est.)

Czechia

10.1% (2018 est.)

Denmark

12.5% (2018 est.)

Djibouti

21.1% (2017 est.)

Dominica

29% (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic

21% (2019 est.)

Ecuador

25% (2019 est.)

Egypt

32.5% (2017 est.)

El Salvador

22.8% (2019 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

44% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Estonia

21.7% (2018 est.)

Eswatini

58.9% (2016 est.)

Ethiopia

23.5% (2015 est.)

European Union

9.8% (2013 est.)

note: see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

10% (2015 est.)

Fiji

29.9% (2019 est.)

Finland

12.2% (2019 est.)

France

13.6% (2018 est.)

French Polynesia

19.7% (2009 est.)

Gabon

33.4% (2017 est.)

Gambia, The

48.6% (2015 est.)

Gaza Strip

30% (2011 est.)

note: data exclude the West Bank

Georgia

19.5% (2019 est.)

Germany

14.8% (2018 est.)

Ghana

23.4% (2016 est.)

Greece

17.9% (2018 est.)

Greenland

16.2% (2015 est.)

Grenada

38% (2008 est.)

Guam

23% (2001 est.)

Guatemala

59.3% (2014 est.)

Guinea

43.7% (2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

67% (2015 est.)

Guyana

35% (2006 est.)

Haiti

58.5% (2012 est.)

Honduras

48.3% (2018 est.)

Hong Kong

19.9% (2016 est.)

Hungary

12.3% (2018 est.)

Iceland

8.8% (2017 est.)

India

21.9% (2011 est.)

Indonesia

9.4% (2019 est.)

Iran

18.7% (2007 est.)

Iraq

23% (2014 est.)

Ireland

13.1% (2018 est.)

Israel

22% (2014 est.)

note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day

Italy

20.1% (2018 est.)

Jamaica

17.1% (2016 est.)

Japan

16.1% (2013 est.)

Jordan

15.7% (2018 est.)

Kazakhstan

4.3% (2018 est.)

Kenya

36.1% (2015 est.)

Korea, South

14.4% (2016 est.)

Kosovo

17.6% (2015 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

20.1% (2019 est.)

Laos

18.3% (2018 est.)

Latvia

22.9% (2018 est.)

Lebanon

27.4% (2011 est.)

Lesotho

49.7% (2017 est.)

Liberia

50.9% (2016 est.)

Libya

note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line

Lithuania

20.6% (2018 est.)

Luxembourg

17.5% (2018 est.)

Madagascar

70.7% (2012 est.)

Malawi

51.5% (2016 est.)

Malaysia

5.6% (2018 est.)

Maldives

8.2% (2016 est.)

Mali

42.1% (2019 est.)

Malta

17.1% (2018 est.)

Mauritania

31% (2014 est.)

Mauritius

10.3% (2017 est.)

Mexico

41.9% (2018 est.)

Moldova

7.3% (2018 est.)

Mongolia

28.4% (2018 est.)

Montenegro

24.5% (2018 est.)

Morocco

4.8% (2013 est.)

Mozambique

46.1% (2014 est.)

Namibia

17.4% (2015 est.)

Nepal

25.2% (2011 est.)

Netherlands

13.6% (2019 est.)

New Caledonia

17% (2008)

Nicaragua

24.9% (2016 est.)

Niger

40.8% (2018 est.)

Nigeria

40.1% (2018 est.)

North Macedonia

21.6% (2018 est.)

Norway

12.7% (2018 est.)

Pakistan

24.3% (2015 est.)

Palau

24.9% (2006) NA

Panama

22.1% (2016 est.)

Papua New Guinea

37% (2002 est.)

Paraguay

23.5% (2019 est.)

Peru

20.2% (2019 est.)

Philippines

16.7% (2018 est.)

Poland

15.4% (2018 est.)

Portugal

17.2% (2018 est.)

Romania

23.8% (2018 est.)

Russia

12.6% (2018 est.)

Rwanda

38.2% (2016 est.)

Saint Lucia

25% (2016 est.)

Samoa

20.3% (2013 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

66.7% (2017 est.)

Senegal

46.7% (2011 est.)

Serbia

23.2% (2018 est.)

Seychelles

25.3% (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

56.8% (2018 est.)

Slovakia

11.9% (2018 est.)

Slovenia

12% (2018 est.)

Solomon Islands

12.7% (2012 est.)

South Africa

55.5% (2014 est.)

South Sudan

76.4% (2016 est.)

Spain

20.7% (2018 est.)

Sri Lanka

4.1% (2016 est.)

Sudan

46.5% (2009 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Sweden

17.1% (2018 est.)

Switzerland

16% (2018 est.)

Syria

82.5% (2014 est.)

Taiwan

1.5% (2012 est.)

Tajikistan

26.3% (2019 est.)

Tanzania

26.4% (2017 est.)

Thailand

9.9% (2018 est.)

Timor-Leste

41.8% (2014 est.)

Togo

55.1% (2015 est.)

Tonga

22.5% (2010 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

20% (2014 est.)

Tunisia

15.2% (2015 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye)

14.4% (2018 est.)

Turkmenistan

0.2% (2012 est.)

Tuvalu

26.3% (2010 est.)

Uganda

21.4% (2016 est.)

Ukraine

1.1% (2019 est.)

United Arab Emirates

19.5% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom

18.6% (2017 est.)

United States

15.1% (2010 est.)

Uruguay

8.8% (2019 est.)

Uzbekistan

14.1% (2013 est.)

Venezuela

33.1% (2015 est.)

Vietnam

6.7% (2018 est.)

Virgin Islands

28.9% (2002 est.)

West Bank

18% (2011 est.)

Yemen

48.6% (2014 est.)

Zambia

54.4% (2015 est.)

Zimbabwe

38.3% (2019 est.)