Poverty ratio - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Poverty, percent of population, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 54 countries was 19.31 percent. The highest value was in the Gambia: 53.4 percent and the lowest value was in China: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Poverty ratio, 2020 Global rank Available data
Gambia 53.4 1 2010 - 2020
Mexico 43.9 2 2016 - 2022
Argentina 42 3 2016 - 2022
Mali 41.9 4 2001 - 2021
Bolivia 39 5 2000 - 2021
Ecuador 33 6 2007 - 2022
Peru 30.1 7 2004 - 2022
Costa Rica 30 8 2011 - 2022
Armenia 27 9 2019 - 2022
Paraguay 26.9 10 2002 - 2022
Moldova 26.8 11 2019 - 2022
El Salvador 26.2 12 2020 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 25.3 13 2006 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 23.4 14 2017 - 2021
Latvia 23.4 15 2004 - 2022
Romania 22.5 16 2006 - 2021
Bulgaria 22.1 17 2015 - 2022
Albania 22 18 2002 - 2020
Spain 21.7 19 2003 - 2022
Georgia 21.3 20 2006 - 2022
Montenegro 21.2 21 2012 - 2021
Serbia 21.2 22 2012 - 2021
Estonia 20.6 23 2003 - 2022
Italy 20.1 24 2003 - 2021
Lithuania 20 25 2004 - 2021
Greece 19.6 26 2002 - 2021
Croatia 19.2 27 2009 - 2021
Portugal 18.4 28 2003 - 2021
Malta 16.9 29 2004 - 2021
Germany 16 30 2019 - 2021
Sweden 15.7 31 2007 - 2022
Austria 14.7 32 2002 - 2021
Switzerland 14.7 33 2006 - 2021
Netherlands 14.4 34 2015 - 2021
Cyprus 13.8 35 2004 - 2021
Ireland 12.9 36 2019 - 2021
Belgium 12.7 37 2018 - 2022
Hungary 12.6 38 2004 - 2021
Norway 12.6 39 2020 - 2021
Denmark 12.3 40 2019 - 2021
Slovakia 12.3 41 2004 - 2021
Russia 12.1 42 2000 - 2021
Poland 11.8 43 2020 - 2022
Slovenia 11.7 44 2004 - 2022
Chile 10.8 45 2000 - 2022
Finland 10.8 46 2003 - 2022
Indonesia 9.8 47 2000 - 2023
Czechia 8.6 48 2004 - 2021
Thailand 6.8 49 2000 - 2021
Kazakhstan 5.3 50 2018 - 2022
Belarus 4.8 51 2000 - 2022
Vietnam 4.8 52 2016 - 2022
Ukraine 1.6 53 2020 - 2020
China 0 54 2000 - 2020



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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1. Gambia
2. Mexico
3. Argentina
4. Mali
5. Bolivia
6. Ecuador
7. Peru
8. Costa Rica
9. Armenia
10. Paraguay
11. Moldova
12. El Salvador
13. Kyrgyzstan
14. Domin. Rep.
15. Latvia
16. Romania
17. Bulgaria
18. Albania
19. Spain
20. Georgia
21. Montenegro
22. Serbia
23. Estonia
24. Italy
25. Lithuania
26. Greece
27. Croatia
28. Portugal
29. Malta
30. Germany
31. Sweden
32. Austria
33. Switzerland
34. Netherlands
35. Cyprus
36. Ireland
37. Belgium
38. Hungary
39. Norway
40. Denmark
41. Slovakia
42. Russia
43. Poland
44. Slovenia
45. Chile
46. Finland
47. Indonesia
48. Czechia
49. Thailand
50. Kazakhstan
51. Belarus
52. Vietnam
53. Ukraine
54. China
53.40
43.90
42.00
41.90
39.00
33.00
30.10
30.00
27.00
26.90
26.80
26.20
25.30
23.40
23.40
22.50
22.10
22.00
21.70
21.30
21.20
21.20
20.60
20.10
20.00
19.60
19.20
18.40
16.90
16.00
15.70
14.70
14.70
14.40
13.80
12.90
12.70
12.60
12.60
12.30
12.30
12.10
11.80
11.70
10.80
10.80
9.80
8.60
6.80
5.30
4.80
4.80
1.60
0.00
0
13.4
26.7
40.1
53.4


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