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Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) by country

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $2.15 per day.

Countries reporting
119
Highest
80.7%
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 (2017 prices) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 80.7% 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 23 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,927.4%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 80.7% 2012 up 13.7% rising
2 Mozambique 74.5% 2019 up 5.3% falling
3 Malawi 70.1% 2019 up 2.4% rising
4 Zambia 64.3% 2022 down 0.1% rising
5 Burundi 62.1% 2020 down 4.7% falling
6 Rwanda 52.0% 2016 down 21.3% falling
7 Niger 50.6% 2021 down 16.4% falling
8 Tanzania 44.9% 2018 down 20.1% falling
9 Uganda 42.1% 2019 down 8.2% falling
10 Kenya 36.1% 2021 up 23.1% rising
11 Nigeria 30.9% 2018 down 11.5% falling
12 Ethiopia 27.0% 2015 down 22.0% falling
13 Togo 26.6% 2021 down 54.8% falling
14 Guinea-Bissau 26.0% 2021 down 61.1% falling
15 Burkina Faso 25.3% 2021 down 52.0% falling
16 Ghana 25.2% 2016 down 40.6% falling
17 Syria 24.8% 2022 up 1,927.4% volatile
18 Cameroon 23.0% 2021 down 10.4% falling
19 Mali 20.8% 2021 down 56.7% volatile
20 South Africa 20.5% 2014 down 27.7% falling
21 Belize 19.6% 1999 up 44.4% rising
22 Gambia 17.2% 2020 down 42.2% volatile
23 Botswana 15.4% 2015 down 47.1% falling
24 Guinea 13.8% 2018 down 71.3% volatile
25 India 12.9% 2021 down 43.5% volatile
26 Honduras 12.7% 2019 up 3.4% falling
27 Benin 12.7% 2021 down 76.6% falling
28 Senegal 9.9% 2021 down 75.8% volatile
29 Cote d'Ivoire 9.7% 2021 down 71.7% volatile
30 Guatemala 9.5% 2014 down 18.3% volatile
31 Laos 7.1% 2018 down 63.5% volatile
32 Venezuela 7.1% 2006 down 28.2% rising
33 Philippines 6.8% 2021 down 45.9% falling
34 Tajikistan 6.1% 2015 down 71.4% volatile
35 Colombia 6.0% 2022 down 10.1% volatile
36 Mauritania 5.4% 2019 down 54.8% volatile
37 Bangladesh 5.0% 2022 down 72.5% falling
38 Pakistan 4.9% 2018 down 66.9% volatile
39 Georgia 4.3% 2022 down 60.0% falling
40 Nicaragua 3.9% 2014 down 56.7% volatile
41 Ecuador 3.8% 2023 up 17.2% volatile
42 Brazil 3.5% 2022 down 22.0% volatile
43 El Salvador 3.4% 2022 down 27.5% volatile
44 North Macedonia 2.7% 2019 down 72.7% falling
45 Peru 2.7% 2022 down 56.3% volatile
46 Uzbekistan 2.3% 2022 — volatile
47 Montenegro 2.0% 2021 down 34.8% falling
48 Bolivia 2.0% 2021 down 62.9% volatile
49 Indonesia 1.8% 2023 down 83.2% volatile
50 Romania 1.8% 2021 down 67.3% volatile
51 Egypt 1.5% 2019 down 48.9% volatile
52 Morocco 1.4% 2013 down 81.8% volatile
53 Paraguay 1.3% 2022 down 60.1% volatile
54 Panama 1.3% 2023 down 42.6% volatile
55 United States 1.2% 2022 up 25.1% rising
56 Serbia 1.2% 2021 down 76.7% falling
57 Mexico 1.2% 2022 down 71.9% volatile
58 Vietnam 1.0% 2022 down 41.9% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2019 down 72.6% volatile
60 Costa Rica 0.9% 2023 down 46.3% volatile
61 Italy 0.8% 2021 down 29.5% volatile
62 Armenia 0.8% 2022 down 6.1% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2022 down 80.3% volatile
64 Bulgaria 0.7% 2021 down 71.6% volatile
65 Sweden 0.6% 2021 up 2.2% volatile
66 Greece 0.6% 2021 down 49.5% volatile
67 Spain 0.6% 2021 down 49.9% rising
68 Palestine 0.5% 2016 up 60.3% volatile
69 Australia 0.5% 2018 up 37.6% falling
70 Austria 0.5% 2021 up 17.0% volatile
71 Iran 0.5% 2022 up 84.4% volatile
72 Turkey 0.4% 2021 up 241.9% volatile
73 Hungary 0.4% 2021 up 338.6% volatile
74 Latvia 0.4% 2021 down 61.4% volatile
75 Chile 0.4% 2022 down 56.3% volatile
76 Nepal 0.4% 2022 down 95.6% volatile
77 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2022 down 88.2% volatile
78 Jamaica 0.3% 2021 — volatile
79 Estonia 0.3% 2021 down 68.4% volatile
80 Croatia 0.3% 2021 down 50.7% volatile
81 Tunisia 0.3% 2021 down 81.7% volatile
82 Malta 0.3% 2020 up 16.6% volatile
83 Lithuania 0.3% 2021 down 64.2% volatile
84 Canada 0.2% 2019 up 1.8% volatile
85 United Kingdom 0.2% 2021 down 0.9% volatile
86 Germany 0.2% 2020 — volatile
87 Israel 0.2% 2021 up 5.0% rising
88 Portugal 0.2% 2021 down 55.4% volatile
89 Mongolia 0.2% 2022 down 52.8% volatile
90 Norway 0.2% 2019 up 80.0% falling
91 Uruguay 0.2% 2022 down 8.4% volatile
92 Denmark 0.2% 2021 — volatile
93 Poland 0.1% 2021 down 68.6% volatile
94 Slovakia 0.1% 2021 down 76.1% volatile
95 Netherlands 0.1% 2021 down 27.4% volatile
96 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 88.3% volatile
97 Czechia 0.1% 2021 up 29.9% volatile
98 France 0.1% 2021 up 118.6% volatile
99 Luxembourg 0.1% 2021 down 57.4% volatile
100 Jordan 0.0% 2010 down 79.1% volatile
101 Switzerland 0.0% 2020 down 23.6% volatile
102 Belgium 0.0% 2021 down 82.2% volatile
103 Ukraine 0.0% 2020 up 129.9% volatile
104 Finland 0.0% 2021 down 55.0% volatile
105 Albania 0.0% 2020 down 89.4% volatile
106 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2021 down 75.1% volatile
107 Thailand 0.0% 2021 down 80.5% volatile
108 Russia 0.0% 2020 down 87.6% volatile
109 Cyprus 0.0% 2021 down 34.1% volatile
110 Bhutan 0.0% 2022 down 99.9% volatile
111 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2005 down 100.0% volatile
111 Belarus 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
111 China 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
111 South Korea 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Malaysia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.0% 2021 — volatile
111 Taiwan 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 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 $2.15 per day.