Poverty at 5.50 USD per day - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 5.50 USD a day, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 68 countries was 25.9 percent. The highest value was in Niger: 96.3 percent and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1963 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Poverty at 5.50 USD per day, 2021 Global rank Available data
Niger 96.3 1 1992 - 2021
C.A. Republic 96.2 2 1992 - 2021
Kenya 91.3 3 1992 - 2021
G.-Bissau 89.1 4 1993 - 2021
Burkina Faso 88.1 5 1994 - 2021
Togo 86.8 6 2006 - 2021
Mali 85.9 7 1994 - 2021
India 81.8 8 1977 - 2021
Benin 81.4 9 2003 - 2021
Ivory Coast 76.4 10 1985 - 2021
Cameroon 76 11 1996 - 2021
Senegal 75.6 12 1991 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 62.2 13 2000 - 2021
Indonesia 60.6 14 1984 - 2023
Georgia 55.4 15 1996 - 2021
Philippines 55.3 16 2000 - 2021
Armenia 51.7 17 1999 - 2022
Colombia 38.8 18 1980 - 2022
Peru 33.4 19 1997 - 2022
Ecuador 31.7 20 1987 - 2022
Brazil 28.4 21 1981 - 2022
El Salvador 28.4 22 1989 - 2022
Iran 24.8 23 1986 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 23.2 24 1986 - 2022
Tonga 21.5 25 2000 - 2021
Paraguay 20.8 26 1990 - 2022
Tunisia 16.2 27 1985 - 2021
Bolivia 15.2 28 1990 - 2021
Costa Rica 14.5 29 1981 - 2022
Moldova 14.4 30 1997 - 2021
Jamaica 13.9 31 1988 - 2021
Panama 12.9 32 1979 - 2023
Montenegro 12.2 33 2012 - 2021
Thailand 12.2 34 1981 - 2021
Argentina 11.4 35 1980 - 2022
Kazakhstan 10.6 36 1996 - 2021
Turkey 7.6 37 2017 - 2021
Serbia 7.5 38 2012 - 2021
Romania 7.1 39 2006 - 2021
Uruguay 6.7 40 1981 - 2022
Bulgaria 5.8 41 2006 - 2021
Israel 3.5 42 1979 - 2021
Greece 2.9 43 1995 - 2021
Slovakia 2.4 44 2004 - 2021
Malaysia 2.3 45 1984 - 2021
Hungary 2.2 46 2004 - 2021
Latvia 2.1 47 2004 - 2021
Spain 1.9 48 1980 - 2021
Croatia 1.8 49 2009 - 2021
Italy 1.7 50 1977 - 2021
Portugal 1.7 51 2003 - 2021
Sweden 1.4 52 1975 - 2021
Lithuania 1.2 53 2004 - 2021
Austria 1.1 54 1994 - 2021
USA 1 55 1963 - 2021
Poland 0.9 56 2004 - 2021
Estonia 0.7 57 2003 - 2021
UK 0.7 58 1968 - 2021
France 0.5 59 1970 - 2021
Czechia 0.3 60 1992 - 2021
Denmark 0.3 61 1987 - 2021
Ireland 0.3 62 1987 - 2021
Luxembourg 0.3 63 1985 - 2021
Netherlands 0.3 64 1983 - 2021
Belgium 0.2 65 1985 - 2021
Cyprus 0.1 66 2004 - 2021
Finland 0.1 67 1987 - 2021
Slovenia 0.1 68 2004 - 2021



Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices.

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1. Niger
2. C.A. Republic
3. Kenya
4. G.-Bissau
5. Burkina Faso
6. Togo
7. Mali
8. India
9. Benin
10. Ivory Coast
11. Cameroon
12. Senegal
13. Kyrgyzstan
14. Indonesia
15. Georgia
16. Philippines
17. Armenia
18. Colombia
19. Peru
20. Ecuador
21. Brazil
22. El Salvador
23. Iran
24. Domin. Rep.
25. Tonga
26. Paraguay
27. Tunisia
28. Bolivia
29. Costa Rica
30. Moldova
31. Jamaica
32. Panama
33. Montenegro
34. Thailand
35. Argentina
36. Kazakhstan
37. Turkey
38. Serbia
39. Romania
40. Uruguay
41. Bulgaria
42. Israel
43. Greece
44. Slovakia
45. Malaysia
46. Hungary
47. Latvia
48. Spain
49. Croatia
50. Italy
51. Portugal
52. Sweden
53. Lithuania
54. Austria
55. USA
56. Poland
57. Estonia
58. UK
59. France
60. Czechia
61. Denmark
62. Ireland
63. Luxembourg
64. Netherlands
65. Belgium
66. Cyprus
67. Finland
68. Slovenia
96.30
96.20
91.30
89.10
88.10
86.80
85.90
81.80
81.40
76.40
76.00
75.60
62.20
60.60
55.40
55.30
51.70
38.80
33.40
31.70
28.40
28.40
24.80
23.20
21.50
20.80
16.20
15.20
14.50
14.40
13.90
12.90
12.20
12.20
11.40
10.60
7.60
7.50
7.10
6.70
5.80
3.50
2.90
2.40
2.30
2.20
2.10
1.90
1.80
1.70
1.70
1.40
1.20
1.10
1.00
0.90
0.70
0.70
0.50
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.10
0.10
0
24.1
48.2
72.2
96.3


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