Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate by country

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Countries reporting
115
Highest
81.4%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
1.4%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
1,963

What the numbers show

Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 81.4% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 11.0%.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 2,227.8%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 81.4% 2022 up 9.4% falling
2 Malawi 75.4% 2019 up 3.5% rising
3 Burundi 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% falling
4 Zambia 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% rising
5 Madagascar 69.2% 2021 up 5.9% falling
6 Niger 60.5% 2021 down 12.1% falling
7 Uganda 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% falling
8 Tanzania 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% falling
9 Kenya 45.5% 2022 up 20.8% rising
10 Burkina Faso 42.1% 2021 down 37.4% falling
11 Nigeria 41.8% 2022 up 11.7% falling
12 Guinea-Bissau 39.9% 2021 down 47.3% falling
13 Ghana 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% falling
14 Ethiopia 38.6% 2021 up 3.3% falling
15 Rwanda 38.6% 2023 down 40.9% falling
16 Mali 36.1% 2021 down 43.0% falling
17 Togo 34.7% 2021 down 47.1% falling
18 Benin 27.2% 2021 down 60.2% falling
19 Cameroon 26.7% 2021 down 8.0% falling
20 Pakistan 23.0% 2024 up 8.0% falling
21 Gambia 22.0% 2020 down 35.7% volatile
22 Cote d'Ivoire 20.8% 2021 down 55.7% falling
23 Syria 18.0% 2022 volatile
24 Senegal 17.9% 2021 down 66.4% falling
25 South Africa 17.4% 2022 down 37.4% falling
26 Honduras 15.7% 2024 down 23.7% falling
27 Guinea 11.7% 2018 down 73.5% volatile
28 Philippines 11.5% 2023 down 53.8% falling
29 Mauritania 10.2% 2019 down 46.9% volatile
30 Venezuela 9.7% 2006 down 35.9% rising
31 Guatemala 9.7% 2023 up 21.4% falling
32 Colombia 8.5% 2024 down 22.3% falling
33 Laos 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% volatile
34 Nicaragua 6.6% 2014 down 60.2% volatile
35 Tajikistan 6.1% 2024 down 54.0% volatile
36 Bangladesh 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% falling
37 India 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% falling
38 Peru 5.1% 2024 down 35.7% volatile
39 El Salvador 4.6% 2023 down 35.1% volatile
40 Georgia 4.2% 2024 down 64.9% falling
41 Indonesia 4.0% 2025 down 81.3% volatile
42 North Macedonia 3.9% 2019 down 67.5% falling
43 Morocco 3.7% 2013 down 78.1% falling
44 Ecuador 3.4% 2025 down 28.3% volatile
45 Panama 3.1% 2024 down 51.0% volatile
46 Brazil 3.0% 2024 down 36.9% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 2.7% 2019 down 65.3% volatile
48 Montenegro 2.5% 2021 down 55.5% falling
49 Iran 2.5% 2023 up 30.8% volatile
50 Uzbekistan 2.3% 2025 falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 2.2% 2024 down 72.9% volatile
52 Paraguay 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% volatile
53 Palestine 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% volatile
54 Bolivia 2.1% 2024 down 63.4% volatile
55 Mexico 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% volatile
56 Vietnam 1.6% 2022 down 56.9% volatile
57 Jamaica 1.4% 2021 volatile
58 Egypt 1.4% 2021 down 11.0% volatile
59 Japan 1.2% 2020 up 100.0% rising
60 United States 1.1% 2024 down 15.4% rising
61 Lithuania 1.1% 2023 down 8.5% volatile
62 Serbia 1.1% 2023 down 86.0% volatile
63 Bulgaria 1.0% 2023 down 69.1% volatile
64 Italy 0.9% 2023 down 42.5% rising
65 Hungary 0.9% 2017 up 274.2% volatile
66 Australia 0.9% 2020 up 80.0% falling
67 Sweden 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% volatile
68 Spain 0.8% 2023 down 37.9% falling
69 Armenia 0.8% 2024 down 77.2% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2024 down 81.2% volatile
71 Costa Rica 0.8% 2025 down 69.1% volatile
72 Romania 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% volatile
73 Germany 0.7% 2022 up 600.0% volatile
74 Tunisia 0.7% 2021 down 79.1% volatile
75 Greece 0.6% 2023 down 61.0% volatile
76 Austria 0.5% 2023 up 56.3% volatile
77 Slovakia 0.5% 2023 up 2.8% volatile
78 Latvia 0.4% 2023 down 71.1% volatile
79 Mongolia 0.4% 2022 down 59.4% volatile
80 Portugal 0.4% 2023 down 60.4% volatile
81 United Kingdom 0.4% 2021 up 33.3% rising
81 Israel 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% rising
83 Chile 0.4% 2024 down 48.8% volatile
85 Denmark 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% volatile
86 Albania 0.3% 2020 down 58.8% volatile
87 Estonia 0.3% 2023 down 70.5% volatile
88 Canada 0.3% 2022 unchanged volatile
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2021 down 71.0% flat
90 Croatia 0.3% 2023 down 78.2% falling
91 Poland 0.2% 2023 down 57.0% volatile
92 Switzerland 0.2% 2022 up 2,227.8% volatile
93 Norway 0.2% 2023 up 19.5% falling
94 Finland 0.2% 2023 up 127.6% volatile
95 Turkey 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% volatile
96 Uruguay 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% volatile
97 Moldova 0.1% 2023 down 12.5% volatile
98 Jordan 0.1% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
99 South Korea 0.1% 2021 down 80.0% volatile
99 Taiwan 0.1% 2021 down 50.0% volatile
101 Netherlands 0.1% 2021 down 30.3% volatile
102 Belgium 0.1% 2023 down 39.9% volatile
105 Iceland 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% volatile
106 France 0.1% 2023 down 15.6% volatile
107 Russia 0.0% 2020 down 78.3% volatile
108 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 82.7% volatile
109 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 down 74.8% volatile
110 Thailand 0.0% 2024 down 93.6% volatile
111 Cyprus 0.0% 2023 down 86.4% volatile
112 Malaysia 0.0% 2021 down 96.4% volatile
113 Bhutan 0.0% 2022 down 99.8% volatile
114 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2005 down 100.0% volatile
114 Belarus 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
114 China 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
114 Czechia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
114 Slovenia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate
Unit
%
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
118 places, 1,963 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.