Poverty ratio - Country rankings
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Poverty, percent of population, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 52 countries was 23.91 percent. The highest value was in Mozambique: 65 percent and the lowest value was in Belarus: 3.9 percent. The indicator is available from 1985 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Poverty ratio, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 65 | 1 | 1996 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 60 | 2 | 2010 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 56.2 | 3 | 2018 - 2022 |
| Somalia | 55.4 | 4 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Eq. Guinea | 50.7 | 5 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Chad | 44.8 | 6 | 2018 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 39.8 | 7 | 1992 - 2022 |
| Argentina | 39.2 | 8 | 2016 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 37.9 | 9 | 2005 - 2022 |
| Bolivia | 37.7 | 10 | 2016 - 2024 |
| Colombia | 36.6 | 11 | 2012 - 2024 |
| Mexico | 36.3 | 12 | 2016 - 2024 |
| Moldova | 31.1 | 13 | 2019 - 2023 |
| Domin. Rep. | 27.7 | 14 | 2016 - 2025 |
| Peru | 27.5 | 15 | 1997 - 2024 |
| Mongolia | 27.1 | 16 | 2022 - 2022 |
| El Salvador | 26.6 | 17 | 2020 - 2023 |
| Costa Rica | 25.5 | 18 | 1989 - 2025 |
| Paraguay | 25.5 | 19 | 2022 - 2024 |
| Ecuador | 25.2 | 20 | 2000 - 2025 |
| Estonia | 22.5 | 21 | 2003 - 2022 |
| Latvia | 22.5 | 22 | 2004 - 2022 |
| North Macedonia | 22.2 | 23 | 2002 - 2023 |
| Panama | 22.2 | 24 | 2000 - 2023 |
| Tajikistan | 21.7 | 25 | 2021 - 2024 |
| Romania | 21.1 | 26 | 2006 - 2023 |
| Bulgaria | 20.6 | 27 | 2015 - 2023 |
| Nepal | 20.3 | 28 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Spain | 20.2 | 29 | 2003 - 2022 |
| Montenegro | 20.1 | 30 | 2005 - 2023 |
| Serbia | 19.9 | 31 | 2002 - 2023 |
| Albania | 19.7 | 32 | 2002 - 2022 |
| Bangladesh | 18.7 | 33 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Suriname | 17.6 | 34 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Sweden | 16.1 | 35 | 2007 - 2022 |
| Georgia | 15.6 | 36 | 2004 - 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 14.1 | 37 | 2001 - 2025 |
| Turkey | 13.5 | 38 | 2005 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 12.7 | 39 | 2004 - 2022 |
| Bhutan | 12.4 | 40 | 2022 - 2022 |
| Belgium | 12.3 | 41 | 2018 - 2022 |
| Finland | 12.2 | 42 | 2003 - 2022 |
| Poland | 11.7 | 43 | 2020 - 2024 |
| Uruguay | 9.9 | 44 | 2022 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 9.5 | 45 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Russia | 9 | 46 | 2000 - 2024 |
| Chile | 6.5 | 47 | 1987 - 2022 |
| Thailand | 5.4 | 48 | 1988 - 2022 |
| Kazakhstan | 5.2 | 49 | 2018 - 2024 |
| Vietnam | 4.2 | 50 | 1992 - 2022 |
| Belarus | 3.9 | 51 | 1996 - 2024 |
| Morocco | 3.9 | 52 | 1998 - 2022 |
Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
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