Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 62.80 | 43.60 | 24.60 | 18.30 | 15.70 | 13.70 | 11.20 | 9.30 | 8.30 | 7.50 | 6.60 | 5.40 | 4.40 | 3.80 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 1.90 | |
| Panama | 11.10 | 8.60 | 3.40 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 2.20 | 2.90 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.10 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.30 | ||||
| Australia | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||
| China | 72.00 | 22.10 | 13.90 | 10.20 | 8.50 | 2.90 | 2.10 | 1.20 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |||||
| Fiji | 0.40 | 1.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.00 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kiribati | 1.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Republic of Korea | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||||||||||||||
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 10.90 | 7.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Marshall Islands | 0.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 8.60 | 16.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | 1.10 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.20 | |||||||||||
| Myanmar | 6.20 | 2.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nauru | 1.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 14.50 | 10.90 | 6.50 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||
| Samoa | 1.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 50.60 | 26.60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 12.30 | 4.00 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Timor-Leste | 24.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tonga | 3.10 | 1.80 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Tuvalu | 3.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 14.70 | 10.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Viet Nam | 2.90 | 1.70 | 1.90 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 0.70 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| Albania | 0.60 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Armenia | 2.60 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 0.80 | 1.70 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.80 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.80 | ||||
| Austria | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.50 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 13.60 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Belgium | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 2.00 | 2.50 | 2.30 | 1.80 | 1.70 | 3.40 | 2.00 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.20 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Croatia | 1.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | ||||||
| Cyprus | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | |||||
| Denmark | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||||
| Estonia | 0.80 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.30 | |||||
| Finland | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| France | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Georgia | 22.90 | 12.90 | 14.40 | 13.40 | 10.70 | 8.10 | 6.10 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 6.20 | 5.60 | 4.80 | 5.80 | 5.50 | ||||
| Germany | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Greece | 0.50 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.60 | ||||
| Hungary | 0.70 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 1.30 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |||||
| Iceland | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||||
| Italy | 1.20 | 0.60 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.40 | 1.20 | 1.90 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 | ||||
| Kazakhstan | 8.70 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 38.20 | 13.60 | 3.50 | 1.30 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 1.10 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 1.30 | 0.70 | ||||
| Latvia | 2.40 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.40 | |||||
| Lithuania | 1.80 | 1.50 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.70 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.30 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | |||
| North Macedonia | 10.40 | 9.10 | 6.90 | 5.20 | 4.50 | 5.50 | 4.20 | 4.50 | 3.40 | 2.70 | ||||||||
| Republic of Moldova | 31.10 | 10.90 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Montenegro | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.60 | 1.30 | 2.50 | 3.30 | 2.80 | 2.00 | 1.80 | 2.00 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 | ||||
| Norway | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.20 | ||||||
| Poland | 0.90 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |||||
| Portugal | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.20 | |||||
| Romania | 4.20 | 5.40 | 6.20 | 6.60 | 7.00 | 5.30 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 2.70 | 2.20 | 1.40 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Russian Federation | 3.00 | 0.80 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Serbia | 5.30 | 5.80 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.40 | 5.40 | 2.90 | 2.30 | 1.60 | 1.20 | ||||||||
| Slovakia | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 1.40 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 | |||||
| Slovenia | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Spain | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.60 | |||
| Sweden | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.60 | ||||
| Switzerland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Tajikistan | 6.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 81.30 | 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 5.00 | 2.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 0.90 | 0.60 | ||||
| Bolivia | 2.00 | 24.20 | 15.60 | 5.30 | 6.50 | 5.20 | 4.30 | 4.60 | 5.60 | 4.90 | 3.30 | 1.90 | 3.10 | 2.00 | ||||
| Brazil | 24.00 | 10.00 | 5.30 | 4.50 | 3.70 | 3.30 | 3.90 | 4.70 | 5.30 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 2.00 | 5.80 | 3.50 | ||||
| Chile | 10.70 | 5.80 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 1.30 | 0.40 | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 17.50 | 10.70 | 8.30 | 6.80 | 6.70 | 6.10 | 5.40 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.30 | 4.50 | 5.30 | 9.40 | 7.30 | 6.00 | |||
| Costa Rica | 10.40 | 6.90 | 3.30 | 1.50 | 1.80 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 2.30 | 1.20 | 0.90 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 6.70 | 7.40 | 3.90 | 4.10 | 3.80 | 3.00 | 3.40 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.80 | |||
| Ecuador | 28.20 | 11.80 | 5.70 | 4.70 | 4.50 | 3.20 | 2.60 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 3.60 | 6.50 | 3.60 | 3.20 | |||
| El Salvador | 12.90 | 11.30 | 6.30 | 5.30 | 4.60 | 3.60 | 3.40 | 2.30 | 2.60 | 2.20 | 1.80 | 1.40 | 3.60 | 3.40 | ||||
| Grenada | 0.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | 9.60 | 9.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | 29.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | 42.00 | 25.10 | 13.80 | 14.30 | 17.00 | 14.60 | 13.30 | 13.00 | 14.60 | 13.90 | 14.20 | 12.70 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 2.90 | 0.10 | 0.30 | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 10.70 | 7.80 | 4.70 | 4.20 | 4.00 | 2.30 | 1.90 | 2.10 | 1.20 | |||||||||
| Nicaragua | 9.10 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 1.20 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 3.30 | 1.80 | 2.40 | 1.90 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 1.30 | |||
| Peru | 19.30 | 17.80 | 6.80 | 6.50 | 6.10 | 5.40 | 4.80 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 3.60 | 3.00 | 5.80 | 2.80 | 2.70 | |||
| Saint Lucia | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | 1.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0.70 | 0.90 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.20 | |||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 0.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 19.70 | 24.90 | 19.10 | |||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5.30 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 2.50 | 1.50 | ||||||||||||
| Iran | 8.40 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.50 | ||||
| Iraq | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.40 | 0.20 | |||||
| Jordan | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malta | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.30 | |||||||
| Morocco | 4.70 | 7.90 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 24.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 8.60 | 4.40 | 2.60 | 1.50 | 0.10 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| फिलिस्तीन | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 10.50 | 19.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 1.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |||||
| United States of America | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Bangladesh | 33.30 | 24.00 | 18.20 | 13.50 | 5.00 | |||||||||||||
| Bhutan | 1.70 | 0.90 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||
| India | 22.90 | 18.80 | 18.10 | 13.40 | 11.10 | 13.20 | 15.50 | 12.90 | ||||||||||
| Maldives | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nepal | 8.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 65.10 | 20.30 | 9.40 | 9.60 | 7.40 | 5.10 | 4.90 | |||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 11.60 | 2.60 | 1.30 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Angola | 21.40 | 31.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | 54.30 | 50.70 | 20.10 | 12.70 | ||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 15.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 39.60 | 31.20 | 25.30 | |||||||||||||||
| Burundi | 65.10 | 62.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| केप वर्दे | 4.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 25.70 | 23.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 65.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 36.60 | 30.90 | 30.80 | |||||||||||||||
| Comoros | 18.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 49.60 | 35.40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 33.40 | 11.50 | 9.70 | |||||||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 69.70 | 78.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 30.80 | 27.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 5.50 | 2.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 42.50 | 25.70 | 25.20 | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 24.50 | 13.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 66.70 | 21.70 | 26.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 36.70 | 29.40 | 35.00 | 36.10 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 32.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 25.90 | 27.60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 74.20 | 80.20 | 80.70 | |||||||||||||||
| Malawi | 68.40 | 65.70 | 70.10 | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | 15.20 | 20.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 21.50 | 6.50 | 5.40 | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | 0.40 | 0.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 64.60 | 74.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 15.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 80.50 | 60.60 | 53.60 | 50.90 | 50.60 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 34.90 | 33.80 | 32.30 | 30.90 | ||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 75.20 | 66.10 | 59.20 | 53.70 | 52.00 | |||||||||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 20.40 | 22.60 | 15.70 | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 41.10 | 41.00 | 9.20 | 9.90 | ||||||||||||||
| Seychelles | 1.20 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 38.70 | 26.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 36.80 | 28.30 | 18.00 | 20.50 | ||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 67.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 15.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 56.10 | 36.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 84.00 | 44.70 | 44.90 | |||||||||||||||
| Gambia | 29.80 | 13.40 | 17.20 | |||||||||||||||
| Togo | 58.90 | 54.70 | 28.40 | 26.60 | ||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 57.30 | 37.50 | 42.90 | 42.10 | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 64.40 | 60.80 | 64.30 | |||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 21.60 | 34.20 | 39.80 |