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

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $5.50 per day.

Countries reporting
119
Highest
97.5%
Madagascar
Lowest
0.0%
Iceland
Median
14.1%
Years covered
61
1963–2023
Data points
2,016

What the numbers show

Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 97.5% in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.0% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.1%, and the mean is 31.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,374.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 134.7%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 96.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 97.5% 2012 up 3.3% rising
2 Burundi 97.1% 2020 up 0.3% flat
3 Malawi 97.1% 2019 up 1.0% flat
4 Mozambique 95.1% 2019 down 1.2% flat
5 Niger 93.4% 2021 down 2.5% falling
6 Syrian Arab Republic 92.2% 2022 up 128.2% rising
7 Nigeria 92.0% 2018 up 0.1% flat
8 Kenya 91.9% 2021 up 6.1% rising
9 Rwanda 91.9% 2016 down 1.9% flat
10 Tanzania, United Republic of 91.8% 2018 down 3.3% falling
11 Zambia 90.8% 2022 up 0.5% rising
12 Ethiopia 90.3% 2015 down 5.9% falling
13 Guinea 89.8% 2018 down 4.9% falling
14 Uganda 89.0% 2019 down 0.1% falling
15 Guinea-Bissau 87.9% 2021 down 6.3% flat
16 Burkina Faso 86.8% 2021 down 7.9% falling
17 Mali 83.3% 2021 down 12.3% falling
18 Togo 80.9% 2021 down 10.8% falling
19 Pakistan 77.6% 2018 down 10.7% falling
20 India 77.3% 2021 down 12.0% falling
21 Benin 76.0% 2021 down 15.6% falling
22 Cameroon 72.4% 2021 up 1.8% falling
23 Gambia 72.3% 2020 down 10.4% falling
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70.4% 2018 down 20.1% falling
25 Bangladesh 69.5% 2022 down 20.7% falling
26 Côte d'Ivoire 68.9% 2021 down 15.9% rising
27 Egypt 68.7% 2019 down 11.3% falling
28 Senegal 67.8% 2021 down 23.4% falling
29 Philippines 62.7% 2021 down 6.0% falling
30 Mauritania 59.6% 2019 down 8.2% falling
31 Botswana 59.1% 2015 down 9.6% falling
32 Ghana 57.3% 2016 down 26.1% falling
33 South Africa 56.9% 2014 down 15.9% falling
34 Belize 54.1% 1999 up 10.5% rising
35 Tajikistan 50.5% 2015 down 36.5% falling
36 Kyrgyzstan 49.8% 2022 down 21.6% falling
37 Guatemala 49.1% 2014 up 12.6% falling
38 Honduras 49.0% 2019 up 2.9% falling
39 Indonesia 48.9% 2023 down 30.4% falling
40 Nepal 48.7% 2022 down 41.3% falling
41 Armenia 43.7% 2022 down 9.4% falling
42 Sri Lanka 38.9% 2019 down 32.9% falling
43 Georgia 35.6% 2022 down 35.2% falling
44 Nicaragua 35.4% 2014 down 34.9% falling
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.7% 2006 down 26.5% rising
46 Morocco 30.2% 2013 down 48.7% falling
47 Colombia 29.2% 2022 down 14.7% falling
48 Ecuador 26.1% 2023 down 4.2% falling
49 Peru 22.8% 2022 down 15.0% falling
50 El Salvador 22.0% 2022 down 44.3% falling
51 Palestine, State of 21.9% 2016 up 3.2% falling
52 Viet Nam 19.8% 2022 down 51.4% volatile
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.4% 2021 down 30.5% falling
54 Brazil 18.0% 2022 down 17.4% falling
55 Mexico 17.8% 2022 down 46.2% falling
56 Jordan 17.5% 2010 down 50.8% falling
57 North Macedonia 16.0% 2019 down 55.3% falling
58 Tunisia 15.7% 2021 down 48.4% falling
59 Paraguay 15.4% 2022 down 31.2% falling
60 Jamaica 14.1% 2021 — falling
61 Mongolia 13.9% 2022 down 40.9% volatile
62 Dominican Republic 13.7% 2022 down 55.6% falling
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.1% 2022 up 20.8% volatile
64 Panama 13.0% 2023 down 28.9% falling
65 Republic of Moldova 12.7% 2021 down 49.0% volatile
66 Albania 12.6% 2020 down 59.6% falling
67 Montenegro 10.2% 2021 down 56.8% falling
68 Costa Rica 9.9% 2023 down 19.9% volatile
69 China 9.4% 2021 down 81.0% volatile
70 Bhutan 7.8% 2022 down 82.4% falling
71 Azerbaijan 7.0% 2005 down 88.5% volatile
72 Uzbekistan 6.6% 2022 — falling
73 Serbia 6.3% 2021 down 71.5% falling
74 Romania 6.0% 2021 down 78.0% volatile
75 Thailand 5.9% 2021 down 55.9% volatile
76 Türkiye 5.8% 2021 down 55.4% volatile
77 Bulgaria 5.1% 2021 down 56.8% falling
78 Uruguay 4.3% 2022 down 23.0% volatile
79 Kazakhstan 3.1% 2021 down 55.2% volatile
80 Russian Federation 2.9% 2020 down 48.1% volatile
81 Ukraine 2.5% 2020 down 52.4% volatile
82 Greece 2.5% 2021 down 47.0% volatile
83 Chile 2.4% 2022 down 79.5% volatile
84 Israel 2.2% 2021 down 46.4% falling
85 United States of America 2.0% 2022 up 14.3% falling
86 Slovakia 1.9% 2021 down 16.5% falling
87 Latvia 1.7% 2021 down 80.4% volatile
88 Spain 1.7% 2021 down 41.3% falling
89 Hungary 1.6% 2021 down 41.7% volatile
90 Italy 1.5% 2021 down 39.5% rising
91 Croatia 1.4% 2021 down 79.8% volatile
92 Sweden 1.3% 2021 up 17.1% rising
93 Malaysia 1.2% 2021 down 86.4% volatile
94 Lithuania 1.2% 2021 down 77.9% volatile
95 Portugal 1.1% 2021 down 58.1% falling
96 Malta 0.8% 2020 up 65.1% volatile
97 Australia 0.7% 2018 up 10.3% falling
98 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7% 2021 down 1.3% rising
99 Austria 0.7% 2021 down 29.5% rising
100 Canada 0.7% 2019 up 43.4% volatile
101 Estonia 0.6% 2021 down 81.3% volatile
102 Poland 0.6% 2021 down 79.8% volatile
103 Germany 0.5% 2020 up 91.4% rising
104 France 0.4% 2021 up 134.7% volatile
105 Norway 0.3% 2019 up 56.6% falling
106 Netherlands 0.3% 2021 up 3.2% volatile
107 Luxembourg 0.3% 2021 up 68.0% volatile
108 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2021 down 83.3% volatile
109 Taiwan, China 0.2% 2021 down 50.3% volatile
110 Denmark 0.2% 2021 down 62.0% volatile
111 Czechia 0.2% 2021 down 65.9% volatile
112 Belgium 0.2% 2021 down 59.2% volatile
113 Belarus 0.1% 2020 down 96.3% volatile
114 Ireland 0.1% 2021 down 89.5% volatile
115 Finland 0.1% 2021 up 20.6% falling
116 Slovenia 0.1% 2021 down 24.7% volatile
117 Switzerland 0.1% 2020 down 59.5% volatile
118 Cyprus 0.1% 2021 down 42.1% volatile
119 Iceland 0.0% 2017 down 78.3% volatile

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Indicator
Share of population living on less than the upper-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 $5.50 per day.