Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line by country
Countries reporting
120
Highest
97.43
Burundi
Lowest
0.0663
Cyprus
Median
20.49
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 97.43 in Burundi; the lowest is 0.0663 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.49, and the mean is 34.32.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,469.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 946.3%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 87.8%).
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 97.43 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Malawi | 97.07 | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Madagascar | 96.57 | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 4 | Mozambique | 96.28 | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 96.06 | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Zambia | 94.04 | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Uganda | 93.6 | 2019 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 93.48 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 9 | Nigeria | 92.94 | 2022 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 10 | Tanzania | 91.51 | 2018 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 91.42 | 2021 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 90.38 | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 90.05 | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 89.79 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 15 | Syria | 89.3 | 2022 | up 178.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 88.64 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 87.08 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 18 | Togo | 86.98 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 19 | Benin | 86.55 | 2021 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 20 | Ghana | 85.37 | 2016 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 21 | India | 82.06 | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 80.87 | 2021 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 23 | Senegal | 78.59 | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 24 | Gambia | 78.22 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 76.62 | 2018 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 73.98 | 2021 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 73.86 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 71.5 | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritania | 71.16 | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Laos | 70.29 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.19 | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 65.15 | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 33 | Botswana | 63.17 | 2015 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 59.62 | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 35 | Egypt | 58.46 | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 55.44 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 53.32 | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 38 | Nepal | 52.68 | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 49.77 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 48.99 | 2013 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 47.41 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 42 | Guatemala | 47.32 | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 46.5 | 2014 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 45.63 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 45 | Venezuela | 43.35 | 2006 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 37.01 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 47 | Peru | 36.2 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 48 | Iran | 36.05 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 35.93 | 2005 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 30.15 | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 29.94 | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 52 | Palestine | 28.58 | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 53 | Mongolia | 24.4 | 2022 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 54 | Jamaica | 22.85 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 55 | Vietnam | 21.5 | 2022 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 56 | Mexico | 21.4 | 2024 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 57 | China (People's Republic of) | 21.28 | 2022 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 58 | Tunisia | 20.67 | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 59 | Brazil | 20.65 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 20.5 | 2019 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 61 | Paraguay | 20.47 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 62 | Moldova | 20.44 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Albania | 19.93 | 2020 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 64 | Panama | 19.8 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 65 | Bolivia | 17.36 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 66 | Jordan | 15.3 | 2010 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 15.15 | 2021 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Montenegro | 14.51 | 2021 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 13.96 | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 12.42 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 11.67 | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.65 | 2021 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 73 | Ukraine | 11.28 | 2020 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 9.7 | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 9.05 | 2023 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 76 | Bhutan | 8.99 | 2022 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 77 | Uruguay | 5.85 | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Romania | 5.09 | 2023 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Hungary | 4.95 | 2017 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Russia | 4.75 | 2020 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 4.51 | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Israel | 4.4 | 2022 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 4.37 | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Türkiye | 4.14 | 2023 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovak Republic | 4.08 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 86 | Japan | 3.3 | 2020 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 3.25 | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Greece | 3.17 | 2023 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Malaysia | 2.87 | 2021 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Latvia | 2.78 | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Belarus | 2.64 | 2020 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Spain | 2.26 | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 93 | Portugal | 2.16 | 2023 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 94 | Croatia | 2.03 | 2023 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Italy | 1.92 | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 96 | United States | 1.8 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 97 | Germany | 1.6 | 2022 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Australia | 1.5 | 2020 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 99 | Sweden | 1.48 | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 100 | Estonia | 1.31 | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 1.09 | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Malta | 1.08 | 2023 | up 330.3% | falling |
| 103 | Austria | 1.01 | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 104 | United Kingdom | 0.9 | 2021 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 0.8381 | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 0.6305 | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Canada | 0.6 | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Korea | 0.5 | 2021 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Finland | 0.4445 | 2023 | up 110.0% | rising |
| 110 | Norway | 0.3676 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 111 | Iceland | 0.3539 | 2019 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Netherlands | 0.3102 | 2021 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Taiwan | 0.3 | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.2941 | 2022 | up 946.3% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 0.2852 | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.2609 | 2023 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Belgium | 0.2559 | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 0.2109 | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0.0698 | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 0.0663 | 2023 | down 78.6% | volatile |