Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.
Countries reporting
120
Highest
29.3%
Honduras
Lowest
5.2%
Azerbaijan
Median
18.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 29.3% in Honduras; the lowest is 5.2% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.1%, and the mean is 18.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 36.8%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 73.7%).
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 29.3% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 2 | Colombia | 29.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Panama | 29.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 4 | Zambia | 28.8% | 2022 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 28.2% | 2015 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 27.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | South Africa | 27.4% | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 8 | Israel | 26.7% | 2022 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Ghana | 26.7% | 2016 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 26.4% | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 26.4% | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 12 | Ecuador | 26.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 13 | Venezuela | 26.1% | 2006 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 25.9% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 25.6% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 25.3% | 2014 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 24.4% | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 18 | Jamaica | 24.2% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 19 | Malaysia | 24.1% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 20 | Uruguay | 24.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 21 | Peru | 24.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 22 | Bolivia | 23.9% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 23.7% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 23.7% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 25 | Turkey | 23.7% | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 26 | El Salvador | 22.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 27 | Mexico | 22.7% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 28 | Montenegro | 22.7% | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Palestine | 22.5% | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 22.3% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 21.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 32 | Italy | 21.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 21.0% | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 34 | Uganda | 20.8% | 2019 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 20.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 36 | Togo | 20.6% | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 20.6% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 20.5% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 20.5% | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 40 | Romania | 20.1% | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 20.0% | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 42 | Japan | 20.0% | 2020 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 43 | Vietnam | 19.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 44 | China | 19.6% | 2022 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 45 | Iran | 19.6% | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 46 | Greece | 19.4% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | South Korea | 19.4% | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 48 | Georgia | 19.2% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 49 | Burundi | 19.0% | 2020 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 18.8% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 51 | Switzerland | 18.8% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 52 | Lithuania | 18.7% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 18.7% | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 54 | France | 18.7% | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 55 | Morocco | 18.7% | 2013 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 56 | Malawi | 18.5% | 2019 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 57 | Germany | 18.3% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 58 | Nigeria | 18.3% | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 59 | Malta | 18.2% | 2023 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 60 | Mauritania | 18.1% | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 61 | Senegal | 18.1% | 2021 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.1% | 2021 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 63 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.0% | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 64 | Tunisia | 17.9% | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 65 | Croatia | 17.8% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 66 | Austria | 17.7% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 67 | Tanzania | 17.7% | 2018 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 68 | Latvia | 17.7% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 69 | Madagascar | 17.6% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 17.6% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 17.5% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 72 | Russia | 17.4% | 2020 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 73 | Benin | 17.4% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 74 | Canada | 17.4% | 2022 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 17.3% | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 76 | Hungary | 17.2% | 2017 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 17.2% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 78 | Philippines | 17.1% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 79 | Mongolia | 17.0% | 2022 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.0% | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 81 | Mali | 17.0% | 2021 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 82 | Australia | 16.9% | 2020 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 83 | Kenya | 16.5% | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 16.4% | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 16.3% | 2020 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 86 | Guinea | 16.1% | 2018 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 87 | Sweden | 16.1% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 88 | Bhutan | 15.9% | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 15.6% | 2022 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 90 | Taiwan | 15.3% | 2021 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 91 | Rwanda | 15.3% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 92 | Laos | 15.3% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 93 | Poland | 15.2% | 2023 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 94 | Jordan | 14.9% | 2010 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 95 | Syria | 14.7% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 96 | Slovakia | 14.6% | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 97 | Pakistan | 14.6% | 2024 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium | 14.3% | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 99 | Cyprus | 14.0% | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 100 | Indonesia | 13.7% | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 13.4% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 102 | Estonia | 13.3% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 103 | Norway | 13.2% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 104 | Iceland | 12.9% | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 105 | Netherlands | 12.9% | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 106 | Finland | 12.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 107 | Niger | 12.6% | 2021 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 108 | Czechia | 12.6% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 12.3% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 110 | Ireland | 11.7% | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 112 | Denmark | 11.0% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 113 | Ukraine | 10.8% | 2020 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 114 | Slovenia | 10.6% | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 115 | Moldova | 10.5% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 10.5% | 2020 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 10.3% | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 118 | India | 9.0% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 5.2% | 2005 | down 73.7% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 60% of the median.