Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 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.
1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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Albania | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||||||
Algeria | 0.4 | ||||||||||||
Angola | 36.4 | 49.9 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 6.8 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
Armenia | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
Australia | 0.3 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
Austria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
Azerbaijan | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Bangladesh | 34.2 | 25.1 | 19.2 | 14.3 | |||||||||
Belarus | 7.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Belgium | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Benin | 53.2 | 49.6 | |||||||||||
Bhutan | 2.2 | 1.5 | |||||||||||
Bolivia | 28.6 | 19.2 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Botswana | 14.5 | ||||||||||||
Brazil | 21.5 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
Bulgaria | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | ||||
Burkina Faso | 43.8 | ||||||||||||
Burundi | 72.8 | ||||||||||||
Cameroon | 26.0 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||
केप वर्दे | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
Chad | 38.1 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 7.9 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||
China | 66.3 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||||
Colombia | 16.8 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | |
Comoros | 19.1 | ||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 77.2 | ||||||||||||
Congo | 55.1 | 39.6 | |||||||||||
Costa Rica | 10.2 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 29.8 | ||||||||||||
Croatia | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||||
Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Czech Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Denmark | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
Djibouti | 18.2 | 22.3 | 17.0 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 5.5 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
Ecuador | 28.4 | 11.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | |
Egypt | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | ||||||||
El Salvador | 12.4 | 10.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
Estonia | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||
इस्वातिनी | 48.9 | 29.2 | |||||||||||
Ethiopia | 35.6 | 30.8 | |||||||||||
Fiji | 0.5 | ||||||||||||
Finland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Gabon | 8.0 | 3.4 | |||||||||||
Gambia | 25.4 | 10.3 | |||||||||||
Georgia | 19.2 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | |
Germany | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Ghana | 23.4 | 11.2 | 12.7 | ||||||||||
Greece | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||
Guatemala | 9.3 | 8.8 | |||||||||||
Guinea | 36.1 | ||||||||||||
Guinea Bissau | 68.4 | ||||||||||||
Haiti | 24.5 | ||||||||||||
Honduras | 45.0 | 27.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 14.8 | |
Hungary | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||
Iceland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
India | 22.5 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 54.9 | 34.9 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
Iran | 6.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||||
Iraq | 1.7 | ||||||||||||
Ireland | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
Israel | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Italy | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | |||
Jamaica | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0.0 | 0.7 | |||||||||||
Jordan | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Kenya | 43.9 | 37.1 | |||||||||||
Republic of Korea | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 35.1 | 12.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 14.5 | 10.0 | |||||||||||
Latvia | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |||
Lebanon | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | 27.2 | ||||||||||||
Liberia | 41.7 | 44.4 | |||||||||||
Lithuania | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | |||
Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
North Macedonia | 10.4 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | ||||
Madagascar | 71.7 | 78.2 | 78.8 | ||||||||||
Malawi | 71.1 | 69.2 | |||||||||||
Malaysia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
Maldives | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Malta | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||||
Mauritania | 20.4 | 6.0 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 9.0 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||||||
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 8.1 | 15.4 | |||||||||||
Republic of Moldova | 35.1 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Mongolia | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
Montenegro | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | ||||||||
Morocco | 2.9 | 5.8 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Mozambique | 63.7 | ||||||||||||
Myanmar | 4.8 | 1.4 | |||||||||||
Namibia | 13.8 | ||||||||||||
Nepal | 15.0 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
Nicaragua | 8.5 | 3.4 | |||||||||||
Niger | 75.3 | 50.6 | 45.4 | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 39.1 | ||||||||||||
Norway | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
Pakistan | 60.6 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | ||||||
Panama | 12.3 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | |
Paraguay | 1.0 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | |
Peru | 16.4 | 15.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | |
Philippines | 13.7 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 2.7 | |||||||||
Poland | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||
Portugal | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||
Romania | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.4 | ||||
Russian Federation | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Rwanda | 78.0 | 69.1 | 63.2 | 57.9 | 56.5 | ||||||||
Samoa | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 31.4 | 34.6 | 35.6 | ||||||||||
Senegal | 38.3 | 38.5 | |||||||||||
Serbia | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.4 | |||||||
Seychelles | 1.2 | 0.5 | |||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 54.7 | 43.0 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | ||||
Slovenia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Solomon Islands | 48.6 | 24.7 | |||||||||||
South Africa | 34.8 | 25.7 | 16.2 | 18.7 | |||||||||
South Sudan | 76.4 | ||||||||||||
Spain | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
Sri Lanka | 9.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
Sudan | 12.2 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | ||
Switzerland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Tajikistan | 4.1 | ||||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 86.2 | 49.6 | 49.4 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 9.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Timor-Leste | 22.0 | ||||||||||||
Togo | 55.0 | 51.1 | |||||||||||
Tonga | 2.5 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
Tunisia | 10.7 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Turkey | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | ||
Tuvalu | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
Uganda | 57.0 | 35.7 | 41.3 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
United Kingdom | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||
United States of America | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | ||
Uruguay | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Uzbekistan | 61.5 | ||||||||||||
Vanuatu | 13.2 | ||||||||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 13.9 | ||||||||||||
Viet Nam | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||||||||
फिलिस्तीन | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |||||||||
Yemen | 9.4 | 18.3 | |||||||||||
Zambia | 65.8 | 58.7 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 21.4 | 33.9 | 39.5 |