Poverty headcount ratio

% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line. Ranking of 85 countries with data from 2022 to 2025. Series code SI.POV.DDAY.

Medians

World	1.0%
Upper middle income	2.2%
High income	0.4%
Lower middle income	5.5%
Low income	39.5%
Latin America & Caribbean	2.2%
Europe & Central Asia	0.4%
South Asia	2.5%
North America	0.7%
Sub-Saharan Africa	40.7%
East Asia & Pacific	1.3%
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.3%

Ranking

Rank 1 is the highest value. It does not mean best or worst.

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Rank	Country	Value	Year	5-yr change	Z-score	Region	Income group
1	Mozambique	81.4%	2022	−0.2 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Zambia	71.7%	2022	+3.8 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Uganda	54.4%	2023	−5.4 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Kenya	45.5%	2022	+7.8 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Nigeria	41.8%	2022	+7.6 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
6	Chad	39.5%	2022	−2.4 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Rwanda	38.6%	2023	−25.2 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Pakistan	23.0%	2024	+6.5 pp	–	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
9	Syrian Arab Republic	18.0%	2022	–	–	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
10	South Africa	17.4%	2022	–	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
11	Honduras	15.7%	2024	−3.1 pp	−3.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
12	Kosovo	10.0%	2022	−5.2 pp	0.0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
13	Guatemala	9.7%	2023	–	–	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Equatorial Guinea	8.8%	2022	–	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
15	Colombia	8.5%	2024	−2.8 pp	−1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
16	Lao PDR	7.1%	2024	−8.6 pp	–	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
17	Tajikistan	6.1%	2024	−3.0 pp	–	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
18	Bangladesh	5.9%	2022	−13.6 pp	–	South Asia	Lower middle income
19	Lebanon	5.8%	2022	–	–	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
20	Philippines	5.3%	2023	−3.0 pp	–	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
21	Comoros	5.1%	2024	−3.8 pp	–	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Peru	5.1%	2024	−0.3 pp	−1.0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	El Salvador	4.6%	2023	+0.5 pp	−0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Georgia	4.2%	2024	−5.5 pp	−3.0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
25	Indonesia	3.7%	2025	−6.1 pp	−1.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
26	Ecuador	3.4%	2025	−5.0 pp	−1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Panama	3.1%	2024	+0.2 pp	−1.0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
28	Brazil	3.0%	2024	−4.0 pp	−1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	India	2.6%	2023	–	–	South Asia	Lower middle income
30	Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.5%	2023	−0.7 pp	−1.0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
31	Nepal	2.4%	2022	–	–	South Asia	Lower middle income
32	Uzbekistan	2.3%	2025	−2.1 pp	–	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
33	Kyrgyz Republic	2.2%	2024	−2.7 pp	−1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
34	Suriname	2.2%	2022	–	–	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Bolivia	2.1%	2024	−1.0 pp	−1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
36	Paraguay	2.1%	2024	−0.3 pp	−1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	West Bank and Gaza	2.1%	2023	+0.7 pp	–	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
38	Mexico	1.6%	2024	−2.7 pp	−1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Viet Nam	1.6%	2022	−0.6 pp	−1.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
40	Lithuania	1.1%	2023	+0.1 pp	+0.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Serbia	1.1%	2023	−3.1 pp	−1.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	United States	1.1%	2024	+0.1 pp	+0.2	North America	High income
43	Argentina	1.0%	2024	−0.7 pp	−1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Bulgaria	1.0%	2023	−0.5 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Italy	0.9%	2023	−0.8 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Kiribati	0.9%	2023	−5.2 pp	–	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Armenia	0.8%	2024	−1.6 pp	−2.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
48	Costa Rica	0.8%	2025	−2.6 pp	−2.0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
49	Dominican Republic	0.8%	2024	−0.2 pp	−1.0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Spain	0.8%	2023	−0.2 pp	−0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Sweden	0.8%	2023	−0.1 pp	+0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Germany	0.7%	2022	+0.5 pp	+3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Romania	0.7%	2023	−3.0 pp	−1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Greece	0.6%	2023	+0.4 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Austria	0.5%	2023	−0.1 pp	−0.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Iraq	0.5%	2023	–	–	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
57	Slovak Republic	0.5%	2023	0.0 pp	−0.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Chile	0.4%	2024	−1.3 pp	–	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Denmark	0.4%	2023	+0.2 pp	+2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Israel	0.4%	2022	−0.3 pp	−2.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
61	Latvia	0.4%	2023	−0.2 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Malta	0.4%	2023	+0.2 pp	+2.0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
63	Mongolia	0.4%	2022	−1.3 pp	–	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
64	Portugal	0.4%	2023	0.0 pp	−0.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Canada	0.3%	2022	−0.1 pp	−0.3	North America	High income
66	Croatia	0.3%	2023	−0.2 pp	−1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Estonia	0.3%	2023	−0.1 pp	−1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Finland	0.2%	2023	+0.1 pp	+2.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Norway	0.2%	2023	−0.1 pp	−0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Poland	0.2%	2023	−0.1 pp	−0.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Turkiye	0.2%	2023	−0.8 pp	−3.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Uruguay	0.2%	2024	+0.1 pp	+0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Belgium	0.1%	2023	0.0 pp	+0.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	France	0.1%	2023	+0.1 pp	+0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Ireland	0.1%	2023	0.0 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Luxembourg	0.1%	2023	−0.2 pp	−0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Russian Federation	0.1%	2023	−0.1 pp	−1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Switzerland	0.1%	2023	+0.1 pp	+1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	Bhutan	0.0%	2022	−2.6 pp	–	South Asia	Lower middle income
80	China	0.0%	2022	−1.6 pp	−0.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Cyprus	0.0%	2023	−0.1 pp	−1.0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Czechia	0.0%	2023	0.0 pp	−0.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
83	Moldova	0.0%	2024	0.0 pp	−0.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Slovenia	0.0%	2023	0.0 pp	–	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Thailand	0.0%	2024	−0.1 pp	−1.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

85 further countries have data for this indicator but nothing recent enough to rank.

How the advanced metrics are calculated. Change: latest value minus the value 5 or 10 years earlier, using the nearest observation within two years where the exact year is missing (percentage points for % series). CAGR: (latest ÷ earlier value)^(1 ÷ years between) − 1 over about 10 years, shown only for positive levels such as income and population. Volatility: standard deviation of the 10 observations before the latest. Z-score: how many standard deviations the latest value sits from that 10-year mean. Rank: among countries whose latest value is within 3 years of the newest year for that indicator; 1 is the highest value. Peer medians: the same group of recent values, split by income group, region and world. Share of high-income median: the country's value as a percentage of the median high-income country in the same year, compared with 10 years earlier. A rising share means the country is catching up; it is arithmetic about the past, not a forecast.

Source. World Bank, World Development Indicators (datacatalog.worldbank.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-11-11. Some series are compiled by third parties such as the ILO and UN agencies and are subject to those sources' notes.

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