Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
100.0%
Syria
Lowest
3.8%
Norway
Median
89.0%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Syria; the lowest is 3.8% in Norway.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.0%, and the mean is 71.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 34.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 63.8%).
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria | 100.0% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 2 | Madagascar | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Malawi | 99.9% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Burundi | 99.9% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Nigeria | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Guinea | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Niger | 99.9% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Mali | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | India | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Zambia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Kenya | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Uganda | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Mozambique | 99.7% | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Benin | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Togo | 99.5% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Tanzania | 99.5% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Pakistan | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Ghana | 99.5% | 2016 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Mauritania | 99.4% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 99.1% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Senegal | 99.1% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Gambia | 99.1% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 29 | Philippines | 99.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Egypt | 98.9% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Nepal | 98.8% | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Cameroon | 98.8% | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Armenia | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | Laos | 98.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 98.3% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 36 | Indonesia | 98.2% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 97.9% | 2005 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 38 | Georgia | 97.4% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 96.5% | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Moldova | 95.9% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Iran | 95.4% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 42 | Morocco | 95.1% | 2013 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 43 | Ukraine | 94.6% | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 44 | Mongolia | 94.2% | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 45 | Albania | 94.1% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 93.9% | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 47 | Honduras | 93.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 93.4% | 2014 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 49 | Botswana | 93.2% | 2015 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 93.2% | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 51 | Venezuela | 93.0% | 2006 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 92.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 53 | Tunisia | 92.6% | 2021 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 54 | Palestine | 91.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 55 | Vietnam | 90.8% | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 56 | South Africa | 90.8% | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 57 | El Salvador | 90.5% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 58 | Jordan | 89.5% | 2010 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 59 | China | 89.0% | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 88.7% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.4% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 88.4% | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 63 | Belarus | 87.7% | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 85.2% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 65 | Jamaica | 84.6% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 84.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 84.5% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 84.4% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 69 | Colombia | 84.2% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 83.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 71 | Montenegro | 81.9% | 2021 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 72 | Bolivia | 79.4% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 78.3% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 74 | Brazil | 75.6% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 75 | Serbia | 75.0% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 74.3% | 2017 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 77 | Russia | 74.0% | 2020 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 78 | Slovakia | 70.7% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 79 | Panama | 70.2% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 61.7% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 81 | Chile | 61.7% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 56.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 83 | Turkey | 54.6% | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 84 | Greece | 52.8% | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 50.9% | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 86 | Romania | 50.4% | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 49.7% | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 43.6% | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 89 | Portugal | 40.5% | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 90 | Israel | 39.4% | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 91 | Estonia | 35.1% | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 92 | Lithuania | 35.0% | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 93 | Croatia | 34.7% | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 94 | Poland | 28.7% | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 95 | Japan | 28.2% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 96 | Czechia | 25.4% | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 97 | Spain | 23.2% | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 98 | Italy | 22.3% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 99 | Taiwan | 19.5% | 2021 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 100 | South Korea | 16.3% | 2021 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 15.2% | 2021 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 103 | France | 13.3% | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 104 | United States | 13.1% | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 105 | Sweden | 13.1% | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 12.4% | 2023 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 107 | Australia | 11.5% | 2020 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 109 | Germany | 11.1% | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 110 | Slovenia | 11.0% | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Canada | 9.1% | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 112 | Finland | 8.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 113 | Belgium | 7.0% | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 114 | Austria | 7.0% | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 115 | Switzerland | 6.8% | 2022 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 6.2% | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 117 | Iceland | 6.1% | 2019 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 118 | Netherlands | 5.7% | 2021 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Norway | 3.8% | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.