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Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices by country

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3.20 per day.

Countries reporting
119
Highest
91.5%
Madagascar
Lowest
0.0%
Taiwan, China
Median
3.1%
Years covered
61
1963–2023
Data points
2,016

What the numbers show

Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 91.5% in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.0% in Taiwan, China.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 18.3%.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 330.1%), and the largest decrease in China (down 100.0%).

Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 91.5% 2012 up 8.1% rising
2 Malawi 90.4% 2019 up 2.0% flat
3 Burundi 89.8% 2020 up 0.2% falling
4 Mozambique 88.0% 2019 down 1.0% falling
5 Rwanda 80.3% 2016 down 6.3% falling
6 Zambia 78.7% 2022 up 0.1% rising
7 Niger 77.4% 2021 down 7.5% falling
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 76.8% 2018 down 8.3% falling
9 Kenya 75.8% 2021 up 14.0% rising
10 Nigeria 71.0% 2018 down 2.6% falling
11 Uganda 70.4% 2019 down 3.3% falling
12 Ethiopia 69.1% 2015 down 13.8% falling
13 Syrian Arab Republic 64.4% 2022 up 330.1% volatile
14 Burkina Faso 63.6% 2021 down 22.2% falling
15 Guinea-Bissau 62.2% 2021 down 27.1% falling
16 Guinea 60.4% 2018 down 25.8% falling
17 Mali 57.6% 2021 down 27.8% falling
18 Togo 52.0% 2021 down 31.5% falling
19 Cameroon 46.7% 2021 down 0.6% falling
20 India 43.5% 2021 down 30.3% falling
21 Benin 41.5% 2021 down 45.9% falling
22 Gambia 40.9% 2020 down 23.5% falling
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37.4% 2018 down 41.6% falling
24 South Africa 37.3% 2014 down 22.8% falling
25 Botswana 36.5% 2015 down 25.2% falling
26 Pakistan 34.4% 2018 down 37.7% falling
27 Côte d'Ivoire 33.0% 2021 down 44.1% rising
28 Senegal 32.3% 2021 down 52.8% falling
29 Ghana 30.8% 2016 down 39.2% falling
30 Bangladesh 30.7% 2022 down 48.8% falling
31 Belize 29.5% 1999 up 19.1% rising
32 Honduras 29.0% 2019 up 4.2% falling
33 Philippines 28.3% 2021 down 26.1% falling
34 Guatemala 24.4% 2014 up 0.6% falling
35 Egypt 23.8% 2019 down 28.8% falling
36 Mauritania 23.6% 2019 down 31.9% falling
37 Tajikistan 17.8% 2015 down 60.5% volatile
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.3% 2006 down 34.6% rising
39 Nepal 13.6% 2022 down 73.3% falling
40 Nicaragua 13.1% 2014 down 52.2% falling
41 Colombia 13.1% 2022 down 16.0% falling
42 Indonesia 12.8% 2023 down 66.7% falling
43 Georgia 11.7% 2022 down 54.0% falling
44 Ecuador 10.3% 2023 up 2.0% volatile
45 Armenia 10.0% 2022 down 10.8% volatile
46 Kyrgyzstan 9.3% 2022 down 45.6% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 9.1% 2019 down 54.4% volatile
48 El Salvador 7.9% 2022 down 46.1% falling
49 Morocco 7.3% 2013 down 72.5% falling
50 North Macedonia 7.3% 2019 down 60.8% falling
51 Peru 7.2% 2022 down 41.2% falling
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.2% 2021 down 48.1% volatile
53 Brazil 7.2% 2022 down 22.8% volatile
54 Viet Nam 5.5% 2022 down 57.5% volatile
55 Panama 5.5% 2023 down 32.3% volatile
56 Paraguay 5.3% 2022 down 42.3% volatile
57 Mexico 4.6% 2022 down 65.4% falling
58 Palestine, State of 4.5% 2016 up 16.2% falling
59 Montenegro 3.7% 2021 down 64.9% falling
60 Jamaica 3.1% 2021 — volatile
61 Costa Rica 2.8% 2023 down 30.4% volatile
62 Tunisia 2.7% 2021 down 70.7% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 2.7% 2022 — falling
64 Dominican Republic 2.6% 2022 down 76.1% volatile
65 Romania 2.6% 2021 down 77.2% volatile
66 Serbia 2.5% 2021 down 74.6% falling
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.5% 2022 up 59.5% volatile
68 Jordan 2.0% 2010 down 76.2% volatile
69 Bulgaria 1.9% 2021 down 61.5% volatile
70 Albania 1.9% 2020 down 63.1% volatile
71 Mongolia 1.6% 2022 down 61.2% volatile
72 United States of America 1.5% 2022 up 20.2% flat
73 Türkiye 1.4% 2021 down 65.0% volatile
74 Greece 1.2% 2021 down 42.0% volatile
75 Israel 1.0% 2021 up 1.9% rising
76 Italy 1.0% 2021 down 33.5% volatile
77 Spain 0.9% 2021 down 45.2% falling
78 Hungary 0.8% 2021 up 173.0% volatile
79 Australia 0.7% 2018 up 10.3% falling
80 Sweden 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% rising
81 Latvia 0.7% 2021 down 75.0% volatile
82 Uruguay 0.7% 2022 down 37.3% volatile
83 Chile 0.7% 2022 down 73.3% volatile
84 Bhutan 0.6% 2022 down 95.7% volatile
85 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 84.8% volatile
86 Malta 0.6% 2020 up 129.1% volatile
87 Slovakia 0.6% 2021 down 15.2% volatile
88 Austria 0.5% 2021 down 9.5% rising
89 Canada 0.5% 2019 up 104.4% volatile
90 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.5% 2021 up 0.8% rising
91 Croatia 0.4% 2021 down 79.2% volatile
92 Lithuania 0.4% 2021 down 74.0% volatile
93 Portugal 0.4% 2021 down 57.8% falling
94 Estonia 0.4% 2021 down 76.4% volatile
95 Thailand 0.3% 2021 down 77.8% volatile
96 Russian Federation 0.3% 2020 down 63.0% volatile
97 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2021 down 66.7% falling
98 Germany 0.2% 2020 down 0.9% volatile
99 Norway 0.2% 2019 up 83.1% falling
100 France 0.2% 2021 up 200.7% volatile
101 Poland 0.2% 2021 down 77.0% volatile
102 Denmark 0.2% 2021 — volatile
103 Belgium 0.1% 2021 down 55.8% volatile
104 Netherlands 0.1% 2021 down 29.0% volatile
105 Luxembourg 0.1% 2021 down 27.0% volatile
106 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2021 down 82.2% volatile
107 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 86.0% volatile
108 Czechia 0.1% 2021 down 15.0% volatile
109 Ukraine 0.1% 2020 down 67.4% volatile
110 Switzerland 0.1% 2020 down 35.8% volatile
111 Malaysia 0.1% 2021 down 95.1% volatile
112 Cyprus 0.1% 2021 up 77.9% volatile
113 Finland 0.0% 2021 down 27.2% volatile
114 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2005 down 99.8% volatile
115 Belarus 0.0% 2020 down 84.5% volatile
116 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 86.4% volatile
117 China 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
117 Slovenia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
117 Taiwan, China 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 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 $3.20 per day.