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Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median by country

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.

Countries reporting
120
Highest
23.4%
Honduras
Lowest
0.9%
Azerbaijan
Median
11.3%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148

What the numbers show

Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 23.4% in Honduras; the lowest is 0.9% in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.3%, and the mean is 12.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 27.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 84.7%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 93.1%).

Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 23.4% 2024 down 5.7% flat
2 Panama 23.2% 2024 up 0.8% falling
3 Colombia 22.7% 2024 down 3.6% rising
4 Zambia 21.9% 2022 up 12.2% falling
5 Brazil 21.2% 2024 down 5.2% falling
6 Israel 21.0% 2022 down 4.1% rising
7 Ghana 20.6% 2016 up 14.1% rising
8 Botswana 20.4% 2015 down 7.3% falling
9 South Africa 20.4% 2022 down 10.4% falling
10 Costa Rica 20.0% 2025 up 7.7% falling
11 Venezuela 19.9% 2006 down 3.1% falling
12 Guatemala 19.1% 2023 down 2.8% falling
13 United States 18.9% 2024 up 11.2% rising
14 Cameroon 18.8% 2021 down 13.6% rising
15 North Macedonia 18.4% 2019 down 15.0% falling
16 Nicaragua 18.3% 2014 up 6.6% falling
17 Ecuador 18.1% 2025 down 4.6% falling
18 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.8% 2024 down 17.5% falling
19 Uruguay 17.4% 2024 down 2.2% falling
20 Jamaica 17.2% 2021 — flat
21 Mozambique 17.0% 2022 down 0.2% rising
22 Peru 17.0% 2024 down 17.4% falling
23 Malaysia 16.5% 2021 down 11.0% falling
24 Paraguay 16.3% 2024 down 17.5% falling
25 Turkey 16.3% 2023 down 0.3% flat
26 El Salvador 16.2% 2023 down 1.0% falling
27 Montenegro 15.9% 2021 down 29.7% falling
28 Mexico 15.7% 2024 down 7.0% falling
29 Dominican Republic 15.3% 2024 down 13.9% falling
30 Spain 14.9% 2023 down 16.3% rising
31 Romania 14.7% 2023 down 29.5% rising
32 Palestine 14.7% 2023 up 49.3% rising
33 Bulgaria 14.6% 2023 down 8.8% rising
34 Italy 14.5% 2023 down 2.2% rising
35 Luxembourg 14.4% 2023 up 13.3% rising
36 Serbia 14.3% 2023 down 28.3% falling
37 Chile 13.9% 2024 down 0.8% falling
38 Viet Nam 13.4% 2022 up 4.4% rising
39 Japan 13.4% 2020 up 10.7% flat
40 Uganda 13.4% 2019 up 5.1% falling
41 Tajikistan 13.4% 2024 up 13.8% rising
42 Lithuania 13.3% 2023 up 1.6% flat
43 Togo 13.2% 2021 down 33.3% falling
44 Greece 12.9% 2023 down 24.8% flat
45 Gambia 12.8% 2020 down 15.8% falling
46 South Korea 12.6% 2021 up 2.4% rising
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.6% 2023 up 20.1% falling
48 Germany 12.5% 2022 up 28.9% rising
49 Uzbekistan 12.3% 2025 — flat
50 Georgia 12.3% 2024 down 18.5% falling
51 Latvia 12.3% 2023 down 10.9% rising
52 Croatia 12.1% 2023 down 11.8% rising
53 China 12.0% 2022 down 33.7% rising
54 Switzerland 11.9% 2022 up 25.6% rising
55 France 11.9% 2023 up 21.5% flat
56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.7% 2021 up 1.7% rising
57 Morocco 11.7% 2013 down 6.7% falling
58 Hungary 11.5% 2017 up 19.8% rising
59 Burundi 11.4% 2020 up 2.4% falling
60 Australia 11.3% 2020 up 7.6% flat
61 Nigeria 11.3% 2022 down 11.1% falling
62 Senegal 11.2% 2021 down 23.1% falling
63 Malawi 11.1% 2019 down 25.9% rising
64 Madagascar 11.1% 2021 down 14.4% falling
65 Sweden 11.0% 2023 up 8.5% rising
66 Austria 11.0% 2023 up 14.1% rising
67 Portugal 10.9% 2023 down 23.8% falling
68 Canada 10.9% 2022 down 22.7% falling
69 Tunisia 10.8% 2021 down 28.1% falling
70 Slovakia 10.6% 2023 down 0.2% rising
71 Mauritania 10.6% 2019 down 29.1% falling
72 Burkina Faso 10.5% 2021 down 10.0% falling
73 Benin 10.5% 2021 down 10.9% rising
74 Malta 10.4% 2023 up 6.9% flat
75 Cote d'Ivoire 10.1% 2021 down 41.6% falling
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.0% 2021 down 20.9% rising
77 Russia 9.8% 2020 down 25.6% falling
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 9.7% 2018 down 26.1% falling
79 Mongolia 9.7% 2022 down 12.0% falling
80 Guinea 9.7% 2018 down 29.0% falling
81 Albania 9.6% 2020 up 32.6% rising
82 Thailand 9.6% 2024 down 14.9% falling
83 Sri Lanka 9.4% 2019 up 20.9% rising
84 Philippines 9.4% 2023 down 29.4% falling
85 Mali 9.4% 2021 up 6.8% falling
86 Guinea-Bissau 9.1% 2021 down 46.2% falling
87 Kenya 9.1% 2022 down 34.6% falling
88 Ethiopia 8.9% 2021 down 5.0% rising
89 Bhutan 8.8% 2022 down 28.1% falling
90 Poland 8.8% 2023 down 34.8% rising
91 Estonia 8.7% 2023 down 26.5% falling
92 Belgium 8.3% 2023 down 17.1% rising
93 Taiwan 8.2% 2021 down 23.4% rising
94 Rwanda 8.1% 2023 down 33.2% falling
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8.1% 2024 down 16.0% rising
96 Netherlands 7.9% 2021 up 6.8% rising
97 Syria 7.9% 2022 down 48.8% falling
98 Nepal 7.9% 2022 up 9.9% rising
99 Pakistan 7.6% 2024 up 84.7% falling
100 Norway 7.6% 2023 up 6.3% rising
101 Cyprus 7.5% 2023 down 5.8% rising
102 Jordan 7.5% 2010 down 28.8% falling
103 Finland 7.4% 2023 up 9.6% rising
104 Ireland 7.3% 2023 down 36.0% falling
105 Czechia 7.0% 2023 down 0.7% rising
106 Bangladesh 6.8% 2022 up 34.0% rising
107 Indonesia 6.7% 2025 down 23.1% rising
108 Denmark 6.6% 2023 down 2.5% rising
109 Iceland 6.3% 2019 down 9.5% flat
110 Armenia 6.2% 2024 down 27.0% falling
111 Slovenia 5.9% 2023 down 30.3% flat
112 Ukraine 5.1% 2020 up 16.7% falling
113 Niger 4.9% 2021 down 14.6% falling
114 Kyrgyzstan 4.6% 2024 up 34.4% falling
115 Egypt 4.4% 2021 up 0.5% falling
116 Moldova 4.3% 2023 down 37.0% falling
117 Belarus 3.9% 2020 down 54.2% falling
118 India 3.4% 2022 down 7.8% falling
119 Kazakhstan 3.1% 2021 down 36.7% volatile
120 Azerbaijan 0.9% 2005 down 93.1% volatile

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Indicator
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median
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
120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.