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Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) by country

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1.90 per day.

Countries reporting
119
Highest
78.8%
Madagascar
Lowest
0.0%
Taiwan
Median
0.9%
Years covered
61
1963–2023
Data points
2,016

What the numbers show

Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 78.8% in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.0% in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 9.0%.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 3,895.9%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 78.8% 2012 up 15.2% rising
2 Malawi 73.5% 2019 up 3.4% rising
3 Mozambique 73.5% 2019 up 5.5% falling
4 Burundi 69.9% 2020 down 4.0% falling
5 Zambia 61.6% 2022 up 0.3% rising
6 Rwanda 56.5% 2016 down 18.2% falling
7 Tanzania 49.4% 2018 down 18.1% falling
8 Kenya 45.7% 2021 up 23.3% rising
9 Uganda 40.8% 2019 down 8.2% falling
10 Niger 40.3% 2021 down 20.4% falling
11 Nigeria 39.1% 2018 down 10.2% falling
12 Ethiopia 30.9% 2015 down 21.1% falling
13 Guinea-Bissau 28.4% 2021 down 58.5% falling
14 Burkina Faso 28.2% 2021 down 49.1% falling
15 Cameroon 23.5% 2021 down 9.7% falling
16 Guinea 23.2% 2018 down 60.4% falling
17 Syria 22.8% 2022 up 3,895.9% volatile
18 Mali 22.1% 2021 down 56.1% falling
19 Togo 21.6% 2021 down 60.8% falling
20 South Africa 18.7% 2014 down 27.1% falling
21 Honduras 14.8% 2019 up 4.3% falling
22 Belize 14.6% 1999 up 45.4% rising
23 Botswana 14.5% 2015 down 48.6% falling
24 Gambia 14.1% 2020 down 44.6% volatile
25 Ghana 13.6% 2016 down 45.2% falling
26 India 12.9% 2021 down 43.5% volatile
27 Benin 12.0% 2021 down 77.4% falling
28 Laos 10.0% 2018 down 61.2% falling
29 Guatemala 8.8% 2014 down 21.3% volatile
30 Senegal 8.5% 2021 down 78.1% volatile
31 Cote d'Ivoire 7.4% 2021 down 75.6% volatile
32 Venezuela 6.7% 2006 down 28.8% rising
33 Philippines 6.3% 2021 down 46.3% falling
34 Colombia 5.7% 2022 down 9.0% volatile
35 Bangladesh 5.4% 2022 down 71.6% falling
36 Mauritania 4.9% 2019 down 54.7% volatile
37 Tajikistan 4.1% 2015 down 68.9% volatile
38 Ecuador 3.8% 2023 up 17.1% volatile
39 Pakistan 3.6% 2018 down 69.8% volatile
40 Georgia 3.5% 2022 down 58.4% volatile
41 Nicaragua 3.4% 2014 down 59.8% volatile
42 Bolivia 3.2% 2021 down 55.4% volatile
43 El Salvador 3.2% 2022 down 24.0% volatile
44 Brazil 2.9% 2022 down 25.9% volatile
45 North Macedonia 2.8% 2019 down 71.6% falling
46 Egypt 2.7% 2019 down 43.4% volatile
47 Peru 2.0% 2022 down 57.3% volatile
48 Montenegro 2.0% 2021 down 39.8% falling
49 Panama 1.7% 2023 down 37.6% volatile
50 Romania 1.7% 2021 down 65.3% volatile
51 Nepal 1.4% 2022 down 90.8% volatile
52 Vietnam 1.3% 2022 down 52.2% volatile
53 United States 1.2% 2022 up 25.1% rising
54 Serbia 1.2% 2021 down 76.7% falling
55 Paraguay 1.2% 2022 down 61.8% volatile
56 Mexico 1.2% 2022 down 72.1% volatile
57 Indonesia 1.1% 2023 down 84.5% volatile
58 Uzbekistan 1.0% 2022 — volatile
59 Morocco 0.9% 2013 down 84.2% volatile
60 Costa Rica 0.9% 2023 down 46.3% volatile
61 Armenia 0.8% 2022 down 8.0% volatile
62 Palestine 0.8% 2016 up 164.0% volatile
63 Italy 0.8% 2021 down 29.5% volatile
64 Bulgaria 0.7% 2021 down 71.6% volatile
65 Sweden 0.6% 2021 up 17.4% volatile
66 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 down 78.3% volatile
67 Greece 0.6% 2021 down 51.4% volatile
68 Spain 0.6% 2021 down 50.7% rising
69 Australia 0.5% 2018 up 37.6% falling
70 Austria 0.5% 2021 up 17.0% volatile
71 Turkey 0.4% 2021 up 241.9% volatile
72 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2022 down 83.8% volatile
73 Latvia 0.4% 2021 down 59.4% volatile
74 Tunisia 0.4% 2021 down 82.3% volatile
75 Chile 0.4% 2022 down 41.6% volatile
76 Iran 0.3% 2022 up 143.7% volatile
77 Croatia 0.3% 2021 down 51.8% volatile
78 Jamaica 0.3% 2021 — volatile
79 Hungary 0.3% 2021 up 270.9% volatile
80 Estonia 0.3% 2021 down 72.8% volatile
81 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2022 down 89.8% volatile
82 Lithuania 0.3% 2021 down 64.2% volatile
83 Canada 0.2% 2019 up 1.8% volatile
84 United Kingdom 0.2% 2021 down 0.9% volatile
85 Germany 0.2% 2020 — volatile
86 Israel 0.2% 2021 up 5.0% rising
87 Portugal 0.2% 2021 down 54.8% volatile
88 Malta 0.2% 2020 up 8.9% volatile
89 Norway 0.2% 2019 up 164.1% falling
90 Denmark 0.2% 2021 — volatile
91 Mongolia 0.1% 2022 down 58.9% volatile
92 Uruguay 0.1% 2022 down 24.2% volatile
93 Jordan 0.1% 2010 down 89.4% volatile
94 Poland 0.1% 2021 down 69.3% volatile
95 Slovakia 0.1% 2021 down 80.1% volatile
96 Netherlands 0.1% 2021 down 27.4% volatile
97 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 86.5% volatile
98 Czechia 0.1% 2021 up 29.9% volatile
99 France 0.1% 2021 up 118.6% volatile
100 Luxembourg 0.1% 2021 down 57.4% volatile
101 Switzerland 0.0% 2020 down 23.6% volatile
102 Belgium 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% volatile
103 Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 90.4% volatile
104 Albania 0.0% 2020 down 93.2% volatile
105 Finland 0.0% 2021 down 57.7% volatile
106 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 up 573.0% volatile
107 Russia 0.0% 2020 down 88.2% volatile
108 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 67.9% volatile
109 Thailand 0.0% 2021 down 81.3% volatile
110 Bhutan 0.0% 2022 down 99.7% volatile
111 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 down 34.1% volatile
112 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2005 down 100.0% volatile
112 Belarus 0.0% 2020 — volatile
112 China 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
112 South Korea 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Malaysia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Slovenia 0.0% 2021 — volatile
112 Taiwan 0.0% 2021 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices)
Unit
%
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
119 places, 2,016 data points, 1963–2023
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1.90 per day.