Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 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 | 38.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 34.3 | 34.2 | 33.8 | |||||||
Algeria | 28.6 | ||||||||||||
Angola | 80.5 | 88.5 | |||||||||||
Argentina | 31.5 | 25.0 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 12.3 | 14.4 | ||
Armenia | 61.3 | 55.0 | 51.3 | 48.3 | 46.1 | 44.9 | 39.8 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 44.0 | ||
Australia | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||||||||
Austria | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | ||
Azerbaijan | 7.0 | ||||||||||||
Bangladesh | 91.5 | 89.2 | 87.6 | 84.2 | |||||||||
Belarus | 65.9 | 17.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
Belgium | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
Benin | 90.1 | 90.6 | |||||||||||
Bhutan | 44.3 | 38.9 | |||||||||||
Bolivia | 62.0 | 51.9 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 25.8 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 23.4 | 19.9 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
Botswana | 59.1 | ||||||||||||
Brazil | 57.6 | 37.9 | 23.8 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 19.6 | ||
Bulgaria | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 12.4 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 6.9 | ||||
Burkina Faso | 92.3 | ||||||||||||
Burundi | 96.9 | ||||||||||||
Cameroon | 71.0 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||
केप वर्दे | 41.3 | ||||||||||||
Chad | 86.2 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 45.6 | 30.4 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 3.6 | |||||||
China | 98.3 | 70.5 | 53.5 | 49.2 | 44.4 | 36.4 | 31.5 | 27.2 | 24.0 | ||||
Colombia | 54.1 | 47.5 | 38.5 | 35.7 | 34.3 | 32.2 | 30.0 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 29.4 | |
Comoros | 64.6 | ||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 97.9 | ||||||||||||
Congo | 90.1 | 83.9 | |||||||||||
Costa Rica | 40.7 | 30.5 | 21.0 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 10.6 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 83.2 | ||||||||||||
Croatia | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.4 | ||||
Cyprus | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Czech Republic | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |||
Denmark | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
Djibouti | 68.1 | 74.5 | 70.2 | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 30.2 | 36.8 | 31.8 | 31.0 | 30.8 | 29.9 | 25.2 | 21.8 | 19.9 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | |
Ecuador | 72.7 | 46.5 | 34.5 | 30.2 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 23.8 | 24.8 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 25.4 | |
Egypt | 78.8 | 70.5 | 67.7 | 64.4 | 72.6 | ||||||||
El Salvador | 45.1 | 45.5 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 39.5 | 35.6 | 35.5 | 32.6 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 26.3 | 22.3 | |
Estonia | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | |||
इस्वातिनी | 85.4 | 72.0 | |||||||||||
Ethiopia | 93.6 | 90.2 | |||||||||||
Fiji | 35.8 | ||||||||||||
Finland | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
France | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
Gabon | 56.1 | 32.2 | |||||||||||
Gambia | 80.7 | 72.7 | |||||||||||
Georgia | 73.5 | 61.3 | 60.8 | 59.0 | 54.9 | 49.5 | 45.7 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 42.5 | 42.0 | |
Germany | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||||
Ghana | 75.9 | 58.8 | 55.1 | ||||||||||
Greece | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.9 | ||
Guatemala | 45.1 | 49.1 | |||||||||||
Guinea | 92.5 | ||||||||||||
Guinea Bissau | 93.8 | ||||||||||||
Haiti | 78.6 | ||||||||||||
Honduras | 82.1 | 61.4 | 50.6 | 50.8 | 56.2 | 53.8 | 52.5 | 52.2 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 50.4 | 49.0 | |
Hungary | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |||
Iceland | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
India | 87.4 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 96.3 | 95.1 | 85.9 | 75.5 | 72.2 | 71.4 | 68.7 | 66.6 | 64.3 | 59.7 | 55.8 | 53.2 | 52.2 |
Iran | 44.1 | 15.8 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 14.0 | |||||
Iraq | 52.4 | ||||||||||||
Ireland | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |||
Israel | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||||||||
Italy | 3.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | |||
Jamaica | 49.5 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0.5 | 1.2 | |||||||||||
Jordan | 17.5 | ||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 49.1 | 14.7 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | |||
Kenya | 88.3 | 86.6 | |||||||||||
Republic of Korea | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 92.2 | 79.9 | 60.8 | 60.2 | 63.5 | 64.3 | 60.7 | 63.9 | 61.4 | 60.5 | 54.8 | 52.6 | |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 78.7 | 70.4 | |||||||||||
Latvia | 14.0 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | |||
Lebanon | 1.7 | ||||||||||||
Lesotho | 73.2 | ||||||||||||
Liberia | 94.1 | 93.2 | |||||||||||
Lithuania | 12.1 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.4 | |||
Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
North Macedonia | 34.1 | 32.2 | 31.2 | 29.5 | 26.1 | 24.7 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 17.9 | ||||
Madagascar | 97.0 | 97.5 | 97.5 | ||||||||||
Malawi | 96.1 | 96.6 | |||||||||||
Malaysia | 8.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | ||||||||||
Maldives | 3.6 | ||||||||||||
Malta | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
Mauritania | 76.0 | 58.8 | |||||||||||
Mauritius | 17.9 | 12.7 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 43.8 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 31.6 | 33.3 | 25.4 | 22.7 | ||||||
Micronesia (Federated States of) | 51.6 | 69.1 | |||||||||||
Republic of Moldova | 90.1 | 73.7 | 28.3 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 12.8 | ||
Mongolia | 37.4 | 31.9 | 23.5 | 18.2 | 29.9 | 27.1 | |||||||
Montenegro | 23.6 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 19.3 | 15.6 | ||||||||
Morocco | 48.9 | 58.9 | 30.2 | ||||||||||
Mozambique | 92.2 | ||||||||||||
Myanmar | 62.1 | 54.3 | |||||||||||
Namibia | 51.0 | ||||||||||||
Nepal | 83.0 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
Nicaragua | 54.4 | 35.4 | |||||||||||
Niger | 97.1 | 95.8 | 93.6 | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 92.0 | ||||||||||||
Norway | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
Pakistan | 97.0 | 88.5 | 85.1 | 83.6 | 79.6 | 75.9 | 76.2 | ||||||
Panama | 35.2 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 12.1 | |
Paraguay | 17.0 | 33.6 | 28.7 | 27.1 | 22.4 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 15.6 | 15.4 | |
Peru | 52.6 | 52.5 | 31.5 | 29.5 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 22.3 | 20.6 | |
Philippines | 64.0 | 59.9 | 54.6 | 46.9 | |||||||||
Poland | 9.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |||
Portugal | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |||
Romania | 23.8 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 27.7 | 25.5 | 22.9 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 10.9 | ||||
Russian Federation | 37.9 | 18.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
Rwanda | 95.9 | 93.7 | 93.2 | 92.6 | 91.9 | ||||||||
Samoa | 33.9 | ||||||||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 90.5 | 92.8 | 86.4 | ||||||||||
Senegal | 88.8 | 88.4 | |||||||||||
Serbia | 22.1 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 22.0 | 19.3 | |||||||
Seychelles | 7.0 | 5.2 | |||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 95.0 | 92.7 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||||
Slovenia | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Solomon Islands | 88.5 | 84.5 | |||||||||||
South Africa | 70.2 | 67.7 | 56.0 | 56.9 | |||||||||
South Sudan | 97.8 | ||||||||||||
Spain | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | |
Sri Lanka | 81.4 | 51.7 | 42.0 | ||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 19.9 | ||||||||||||
Sudan | 79.3 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | ||
Switzerland | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||
Tajikistan | 50.5 | ||||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 99.4 | 93.2 | 91.8 | ||||||||||
Thailand | 64.6 | 48.6 | 17.5 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 6.2 | |
Timor-Leste | 91.8 | ||||||||||||
Togo | 90.6 | 90.8 | |||||||||||
Tonga | 27.8 | 27.5 | |||||||||||
Tunisia | 59.6 | 50.6 | 41.5 | 30.5 | 17.5 | ||||||||
Turkey | 24.6 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 10.2 | ||
Tuvalu | 46.7 | ||||||||||||
Uganda | 92.6 | 87.0 | 87.6 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 17.0 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 | ||
United Kingdom | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |||
United States of America | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
Uruguay | 9.2 | 17.6 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | |
Uzbekistan | 96.4 | ||||||||||||
Vanuatu | 72.4 | ||||||||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 45.2 | ||||||||||||
Viet Nam | 46.8 | 40.8 | 35.0 | 27.2 | 22.4 | ||||||||
फिलिस्तीन | 22.4 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 21.9 | |||||||||
Yemen | 75.9 | 81.0 | |||||||||||
Zambia | 91.1 | 88.1 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 74.0 | 81.3 | 82.8 |