Proportion of population living below the national poverty line (%) by country

Countries reporting
65
Highest
65.0%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
China
Median
16.7%
Years covered
41
1985–2025
Data points
977

What the numbers show

Proportion of population living below the national poverty line (%) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 65.0% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in China.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.7%, and the mean is 18.9%.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 37.8%), and the largest decrease in China (down 100.0%).

Proportion of population living below the national poverty line: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 65.0% 2022 up 34.3% flat
2 Malawi 50.7% 2019 unchanged falling
3 Guinea-Bissau 50.5% 2021 up 3.7% falling
4 Lesotho 49.7% 2017 down 12.2% flat
5 Kenya 39.8% 2022 up 10.2% falling
5 Türkiye 13.0% 2024 down 11.6% falling
6 South Africa 37.9% 2022 down 17.2% falling
6 Viet Nam 4.2% 2022 down 75.6% volatile
7 Ethiopia 33.1% 2021 up 11.8% falling
8 Colombia 31.8% 2024 down 14.1% falling
9 Mexico 29.6% 2024 down 31.5% falling
10 Peru 27.6% 2024 up 21.6% falling
11 Nicaragua 24.9% 2016 down 48.4% falling
12 Ghana 23.4% 2016 down 26.6% falling
13 Ukraine 23.2% 2020 down 55.3% falling
14 Estonia 22.5% 2022 up 21.0% rising
14 Latvia 22.5% 2022 up 16.0% flat
16 Pakistan 21.9% 2018 down 50.3% falling
16 North Macedonia 21.9% 2023 down 0.9% rising
18 Panama 21.7% 2023 down 15.9% falling
18 Armenia 21.7% 2024 down 27.7% falling
18 Bulgaria 21.7% 2023 down 5.2% falling
21 Ecuador 21.4% 2025 down 8.2% falling
22 Lithuania 20.9% 2021 up 12.4% rising
23 Spain 20.2% 2022 down 1.0% rising
24 Italy 20.1% 2021 up 3.1% rising
25 Montenegro 20.0% 2023 down 17.0% rising
26 Albania 19.7% 2022 up 37.8% rising
26 Serbia 19.7% 2023 down 21.2% rising
28 Romania 19.0% 2023 down 24.3% falling
29 Greece 18.8% 2021 down 18.6% falling
30 Cambodia 17.7% 2012 down 64.7% falling
31 Dominican Republic 17.3% 2025 down 50.3% falling
32 Costa Rica 17.1% 2025 down 27.5% flat
33 Malta 16.7% 2021 up 10.6% rising
34 Tunisia 16.6% 2021 down 19.0% falling
35 Portugal 16.4% 2021 down 8.4% falling
36 Botswana 16.1% 2015 down 47.4% falling
36 Sweden 16.1% 2022 up 0.6% rising
36 Uganda 16.1% 2023 down 18.3% falling
39 Switzerland 15.8% 2021 down 0.6% flat
40 Austria 14.8% 2021 up 2.8% rising
41 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.5% 2021 up 14.2% rising
42 Sri Lanka 14.3% 2019 down 49.6% falling
43 Cyprus 13.9% 2021 down 5.4% falling
44 Slovakia 13.7% 2021 up 3.8% rising
45 Poland 13.3% 2024 rising
46 Slovenia 12.7% 2022 down 12.4% flat
47 Belgium 12.3% 2022 falling
48 Finland 12.2% 2022 up 3.4% falling
49 Hungary 12.1% 2021 down 15.4% falling
50 Czechia 10.2% 2021 up 6.2% flat
51 Georgia 9.4% 2024 down 60.0% falling
52 Indonesia 9.0% 2024 down 20.4% falling
53 Iceland 8.8% 2017 down 12.9% falling
54 Jamaica 8.2% 2023 down 66.7% falling
55 Russian Federation 7.2% 2024 down 36.3% falling
56 Chile 6.5% 2022 down 70.0% falling
57 Azerbaijan 6.0% 2012 down 87.9% volatile
58 Uzbekistan 5.8% 2025 down 58.9% falling
59 Thailand 5.4% 2022 down 57.1% volatile
60 Kazakhstan 5.0% 2024 up 16.3% rising
61 Morocco 3.9% 2022 down 18.8% volatile
62 Belarus 3.5% 2024 down 27.1% volatile
63 China 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
69 places, 977 data points, 1985–2025
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