Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
18.0%
Honduras
Lowest
0.1%
Azerbaijan
Median
6.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 18.0% in Honduras; the lowest is 0.1% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.1%, and the mean is 6.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 176.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 199.6%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 98.5%).
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 18.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 2 | Panama | 17.1% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 3 | Colombia | 16.4% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 4 | Brazil | 14.8% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 5 | Zambia | 14.6% | 2022 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 6 | Israel | 14.2% | 2022 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 13.8% | 2016 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela | 13.6% | 2006 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 9 | South Africa | 13.1% | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 13.1% | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 11 | Guatemala | 12.9% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 12 | Botswana | 12.8% | 2015 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 12.6% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 12.1% | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 15 | Bolivia | 11.4% | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 16 | Ecuador | 11.4% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 11.2% | 2021 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 18 | Peru | 11.1% | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 19 | Montenegro | 11.0% | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 20 | Jamaica | 11.0% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 21 | Uruguay | 10.9% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 10.6% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 10.4% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 10.4% | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 10.3% | 2014 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 9.8% | 2023 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 9.8% | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 9.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Malaysia | 9.4% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 30 | Serbia | 9.4% | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 9.3% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 32 | Mexico | 9.0% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 8.9% | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 8.8% | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 8.8% | 2020 | up 18.9% | flat |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 8.8% | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 37 | Palestine | 8.7% | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 38 | Germany | 8.5% | 2022 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 39 | Lithuania | 8.4% | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 8.0% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 41 | Vietnam | 8.0% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 7.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 7.3% | 2023 | down 38.1% | flat |
| 44 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 45 | Uganda | 7.1% | 2019 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 46 | Sweden | 7.0% | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 7.0% | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 48 | Iran | 6.9% | 2023 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 49 | South Korea | 6.8% | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 50 | Gambia | 6.7% | 2020 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 6.6% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 52 | Australia | 6.6% | 2020 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 53 | Georgia | 6.6% | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 54 | France | 6.5% | 2023 | up 36.5% | flat |
| 55 | Slovakia | 6.5% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 6.4% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 57 | Togo | 6.3% | 2021 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 58 | Switzerland | 6.2% | 2022 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 6.2% | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 6.1% | 2017 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 6.1% | 2022 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 62 | Malta | 6.0% | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 63 | Morocco | 5.7% | 2013 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 64 | Nigeria | 5.6% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 5.6% | 2021 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 5.5% | 2021 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 67 | Madagascar | 5.5% | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 68 | Malawi | 5.2% | 2019 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritania | 5.0% | 2019 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 70 | Poland | 5.0% | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 71 | Burundi | 5.0% | 2020 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Estonia | 4.9% | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 73 | China | 4.9% | 2022 | down 56.9% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.8% | 2021 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 4.4% | 2020 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 4.4% | 2022 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 77 | Russia | 4.4% | 2020 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 78 | Norway | 4.4% | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 79 | Benin | 4.4% | 2021 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Senegal | 4.3% | 2021 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Netherlands | 4.2% | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 82 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.2% | 2021 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 4.2% | 2021 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 84 | Guinea | 4.1% | 2018 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 4.1% | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 86 | Bhutan | 4.0% | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 87 | Mali | 4.0% | 2021 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 88 | Tanzania | 3.9% | 2018 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 3.8% | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 90 | Czechia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 3.6% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 92 | Taiwan | 3.6% | 2021 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 3.5% | 2021 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium | 3.5% | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 95 | Laos | 3.4% | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 96 | Thailand | 3.4% | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 97 | Iceland | 3.2% | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 98 | Nepal | 3.2% | 2022 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Finland | 3.1% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 100 | Rwanda | 3.1% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 101 | Syria | 3.1% | 2022 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 102 | Pakistan | 3.1% | 2024 | up 199.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 2.9% | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.7% | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Jordan | 2.7% | 2010 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 107 | Ireland | 2.5% | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 108 | Cyprus | 2.5% | 2023 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 2.3% | 2022 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Indonesia | 2.1% | 2025 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 111 | Armenia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 112 | Ukraine | 1.6% | 2020 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2021 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Belarus | 1.3% | 2020 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.3% | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Niger | 1.3% | 2021 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Moldova | 1.1% | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 118 | India | 0.9% | 2022 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.8% | 2021 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2005 | down 98.5% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.