Share poverty lower middle income vs share mpi poor by country
Countries reporting
120
Highest
89.08
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0179
Cyprus
Median
4
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Share poverty lower middle income vs share mpi poor is currently reported for 120 countries. The highest value is 89.08 in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0179 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 17.09.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,965.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 1,225.4%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.2%).
Share poverty lower middle income vs share mpi poor: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 89.08 | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 2 | Malawi | 87.33 | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 87.18 | 2020 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 83.87 | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 5 | Zambia | 81.42 | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 79.72 | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 76.3 | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 69.98 | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 65.49 | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 64.55 | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 64.02 | 2022 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 63.75 | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 13 | Rwanda | 62.21 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.08 | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 59.53 | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 56.29 | 2016 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 55.63 | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 50 | 2021 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 47.91 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Syria | 42.06 | 2022 | up 624.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.64 | 2021 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 41.26 | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 23 | Gambia | 40.24 | 2020 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 24 | Senegal | 37.32 | 2021 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 25 | Botswana | 35.77 | 2015 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 30.2 | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 29.33 | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 29.18 | 2018 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritania | 25.96 | 2019 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 30 | India | 23.89 | 2022 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 23.47 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 32 | Laos | 22.47 | 2024 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 20.46 | 2022 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 17.62 | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 16.9 | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 16.4 | 2025 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 37 | Venezuela | 16.37 | 2006 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 15.7 | 2014 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 14.65 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.48 | 2024 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 41 | Morocco | 11.55 | 2013 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 11.51 | 2019 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 43 | Georgia | 11.01 | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 10.65 | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 9.1 | 2022 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 46 | El Salvador | 8.6 | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 8.37 | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran | 7.53 | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 7.45 | 2019 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 7.09 | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 51 | Panama | 6.81 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Brazil | 6.19 | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Palestine | 6.07 | 2023 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 54 | Armenia | 5.71 | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Jamaica | 5.12 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bolivia | 4.85 | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Paraguay | 4.52 | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Vietnam | 4.16 | 2022 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 4.14 | 2024 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 60 | Montenegro | 4.03 | 2021 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 3.96 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 62 | Tunisia | 2.4 | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 2.27 | 2022 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Albania | 2.12 | 2020 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 2.06 | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 2.03 | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Hungary | 1.77 | 2017 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 1.74 | 2025 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Japan | 1.6 | 2020 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 1.59 | 2023 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 1.28 | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Lithuania | 1.25 | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 73 | United States | 1.2 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 1.1 | 2020 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.04 | 2021 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 1.04 | 2023 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 0.965 | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 0.914 | 2010 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 0.9098 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 80 | Germany | 0.9 | 2022 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Israel | 0.9 | 2022 | down 43.8% | flat |
| 82 | Malta | 0.8836 | 2023 | up 530.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Moldova | 0.8419 | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 0.8161 | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 0.7842 | 2023 | down 44.6% | flat |
| 86 | Chile | 0.7209 | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Portugal | 0.6841 | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 0.6688 | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 0.5837 | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.5742 | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.5733 | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 0.5134 | 2022 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.5074 | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 0.5 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Turkey | 0.4324 | 2023 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 0.4231 | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0.4137 | 2022 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 0.3592 | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 0.3464 | 2021 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Canada | 0.3 | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.2893 | 2005 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Russia | 0.2587 | 2020 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 0.2404 | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 104 | Norway | 0.2354 | 2023 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 105 | Ukraine | 0.229 | 2020 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.2253 | 2022 | up 1,225.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Thailand | 0.2217 | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 108 | South Korea | 0.2 | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0.1322 | 2019 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Netherlands | 0.1207 | 2021 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 0.1074 | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Taiwan | 0.1 | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Malaysia | 0.0996 | 2021 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Belgium | 0.0869 | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 0.0843 | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.0823 | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 0.0659 | 2020 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Czechia | 0.0476 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0.0237 | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 0.0179 | 2023 | down 90.5% | volatile |