* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 72 countries was 6.17 percent. The highest value was in Mozambique: 81.4 percent and the lowest value was in Belgium: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1963 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 at 1.90 USD per day, 2022 Global rank Available data
Mozambique 81.4 1 1996 - 2022
Zambia 71.7 2 1991 - 2022
Kenya 45.5 3 1992 - 2022
Nigeria 41.8 4 1985 - 2022
Chad 39.5 5 2003 - 2022
Syria 18 6 1996 - 2022
South Africa 17.4 7 1993 - 2022
Colombia 9.3 8 1980 - 2024
Tajikistan 8.9 9 1999 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 8.8 10 2022 - 2022
Indonesia 7.9 11 1984 - 2025
Georgia 7.7 12 1996 - 2024
Bangladesh 5.9 13 1983 - 2022
Lebanon 5.8 14 2011 - 2022
India 5.3 15 1977 - 2022
El Salvador 5.2 16 1989 - 2023
Brazil 4.9 17 1981 - 2024
Peru 4.8 18 1985 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 4.5 19 1998 - 2024
Ecuador 4.4 20 1987 - 2025
Uzbekistan 4.4 21 1998 - 2025
Bolivia 3.3 22 1990 - 2024
Paraguay 3.2 23 1990 - 2024
Iran 2.8 24 1986 - 2023
Nepal 2.4 25 1984 - 2022
Mexico 2.3 26 1984 - 2024
Suriname 2.2 27 1999 - 2022
Serbia 2 28 2002 - 2023
Armenia 1.9 29 1996 - 2024
Costa Rica 1.6 30 1981 - 2025
Vietnam 1.6 31 1992 - 2022
Romania 1.5 32 1989 - 2023
USA 1.4 33 1963 - 2024
Argentina 1.3 34 1980 - 2024
Sweden 1.3 35 1975 - 2023
Bulgaria 1.1 36 1989 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 1 37 1986 - 2024
Lithuania 0.8 38 1993 - 2023
Spain 0.8 39 1980 - 2023
Germany 0.7 40 1991 - 2022
Italy 0.7 41 1977 - 2023
Slovakia 0.7 42 1992 - 2023
Austria 0.6 43 1994 - 2023
Chile 0.6 44 1987 - 2024
Greece 0.6 45 1995 - 2023
Estonia 0.5 46 1993 - 2023
Turkey 0.5 47 1987 - 2023
Croatia 0.4 48 1988 - 2023
Israel 0.4 49 1979 - 2022
Latvia 0.4 50 1993 - 2023
Mongolia 0.4 51 1995 - 2022
Canada 0.3 52 1971 - 2022
Norway 0.3 53 1979 - 2023
Poland 0.3 54 1985 - 2023
Denmark 0.2 55 1987 - 2023
Ireland 0.2 56 1987 - 2023
Portugal 0.2 57 2003 - 2023
Switzerland 0.2 58 1982 - 2022
Uruguay 0.2 59 1981 - 2024
Finland 0.1 60 1987 - 2023
France 0.1 61 1970 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.1 62 1985 - 2023
Malta 0.1 63 2006 - 2023
Russia 0.1 64 1993 - 2023
Belgium 0 65 1985 - 2023
Bhutan 0 66 2003 - 2022
China 0 67 1981 - 2022
Cyprus 0 68 2004 - 2023
Czechia 0 69 1992 - 2023
Moldova 0 70 1997 - 2023
Slovenia 0 71 1987 - 2023
Thailand 0 72 1981 - 2024


New - World map: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day




Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing power adjusted 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.

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