Botswana vs Laos: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data

Botswana

476,456 people

in 2015

Laos

553,747 people

in 2024

Botswana rank

52nd

Laos rank

50th

Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data over time

Laos currently reports 553,747 people against 476,456 people in Botswana, a difference of 77,291 people.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

Botswana ranks 52nd and Laos ranks 50th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data
Unit: people
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.