Population below poverty line

National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

• Afghanistan

  54.5% (2016 est.)

• Albania

  14.3% (2012 est.)

• Algeria

  5.5% (2011 est.)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Angola

  32.3% (2018 est.)

• Anguilla

  23% (2002 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  NA

• Argentina

  35.5% (2019 est.)

• Armenia

  26.4% (2019 est.)

• Aruba

  NA

• Austria

  13.3% (2018 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  4.9% (2015 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  9.3% (2010 est.)

• Bahrain

  NA

• Bangladesh

  24.3% (2016 est.)

• Barbados

  NA

• Belarus

  5% (2019 est.)

• Belgium

  14.8% (2018 est.)

• Belize

  41% (2013 est.)

• Benin

  38.5% (2019 est.)

• Bermuda

  11% (2008 est.)

• Bhutan

  8.2% (2017 est.)

• Bolivia

  37.2% (2019 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  16.9% (2015 est.)

• Botswana

  19.3% (2009 est.)

• Brazil

  4.2% (2016 est.)
  
  note: approximately 4% of the population are below the "extreme" poverty line

• British Virgin Islands

  NA

• Brunei

  NA

• Bulgaria

  23.8% (2019 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  41.4% (2018 est.)

• Burma

  24.8% (2017 est.)

• Burundi

  64.6% (2014 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  35% (2015 est.)

• Cambodia

  16.5% (2016 est.)

• Cameroon

  37.5% (2014 est.)

• Canada

  9.4% (2008 est.)
  
  note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line

• Cayman Islands

  NA

• Central African Republic

  62% NA (2008 est.)

• Chad

  42.3% (2018 est.)

• Chile

  8.6% (2017 est.)

• China

  0.6% (2019 est.)

• Colombia

  35.7% (2019 est.)

• Comoros

  42.4% (2013 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  63% (2014 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  40.9% (2011 est.)

• Cook Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  21% (2019 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  39.5% (2018 est.)

• Croatia

  18.3% (2018 est.)

• Cuba

  NA

• Cyprus

  14.7% (2018 est.)

• Czechia

  10.1% (2018 est.)

• Denmark

  12.5% (2018 est.)

• Djibouti

  21.1% (2017 est.)

• Dominica

  29% (2009 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  21% (2019 est.)

• Ecuador

  25% (2019 est.)

• Egypt

  32.5% (2017 est.)

• El Salvador

  22.8% (2019 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  44% (2011 est.)

• Eritrea

  50% (2004 est.)

• Estonia

  21.7% (2018 est.)

• Eswatini

  58.9% (2016 est.)

• Ethiopia

  23.5% (2015 est.)

• European Union

  9.8% (2013 est.)
  
  note: see individual country entries of member states

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  10% (2015 est.)

• Fiji

  29.9% (2019 est.)

• Finland

  12.2% (2019 est.)

• France

  13.6% (2018 est.)

• French Polynesia

  19.7% (2009 est.)

• Gabon

  33.4% (2017 est.)

• Gambia, The

  48.6% (2015 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  30% (2011 est.)
  
  note: data exclude the West Bank

• Georgia

  19.5% (2019 est.)

• Germany

  14.8% (2018 est.)

• Ghana

  23.4% (2016 est.)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  17.9% (2018 est.)

• Greenland

  16.2% (2015 est.)

• Grenada

  38% (2008 est.)

• Guam

  23% (2001 est.)

• Guatemala

  59.3% (2014 est.)

• Guernsey

  NA

• Guinea

  43.7% (2018 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  67% (2015 est.)

• Guyana

  35% (2006 est.)

• Haiti

  58.5% (2012 est.)

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  48.3% (2018 est.)

• Hong Kong

  19.9% (2016 est.)

• Hungary

  12.3% (2018 est.)

• Iceland

  8.8% (2017 est.)

• India

  21.9% (2011 est.)

• Indonesia

  9.4% (2019 est.)

• Iran

  18.7% (2007 est.)

• Iraq

  23% (2014 est.)

• Ireland

  13.1% (2018 est.)

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  22% (2014 est.)
  
  note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day

• Italy

  20.1% (2018 est.)

• Jamaica

  17.1% (2016 est.)

• Japan

  16.1% (2013 est.)

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  15.7% (2018 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  4.3% (2018 est.)

• Kenya

  36.1% (2015 est.)

• Kiribati

  NA

• Korea, North

  NA

• Korea, South

  14.4% (2016 est.)

• Kosovo

  17.6% (2015 est.)

• Kuwait

  NA

• Kyrgyzstan

  20.1% (2019 est.)

• Laos

  18.3% (2018 est.)

• Latvia

  22.9% (2018 est.)

• Lebanon

  27.4% (2011 est.)

• Lesotho

  49.7% (2017 est.)

• Liberia

  50.9% (2016 est.)

• Libya

  note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line

• Liechtenstein

  NA

• Lithuania

  20.6% (2018 est.)

• Luxembourg

  17.5% (2018 est.)

• Macau

  NA

• Madagascar

  70.7% (2012 est.)

• Malawi

  51.5% (2016 est.)

• Malaysia

  5.6% (2018 est.)

• Maldives

  8.2% (2016 est.)

• Mali

  42.1% (2019 est.)

• Malta

  17.1% (2018 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  NA

• Mauritania

  31% (2014 est.)

• Mauritius

  10.3% (2017 est.)

• Mexico

  41.9% (2018 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  41.2% (2013 est.)

• Moldova

  7.3% (2018 est.)

• Monaco

  NA

• Mongolia

  28.4% (2018 est.)

• Montenegro

  24.5% (2018 est.)

• Montserrat

  NA

• Morocco

  4.8% (2013 est.)

• Mozambique

  46.1% (2014 est.)

• Namibia

  17.4% (2015 est.)

• Nauru

  NA

• Nepal

  25.2% (2011 est.)

• Netherlands

  13.6% (2019 est.)

• New Caledonia

  17% (2008)

• New Zealand

  NA

• Nicaragua

  24.9% (2016 est.)

• Niger

  40.8% (2018 est.)

• Nigeria

  40.1% (2018 est.)

• Niue

  NA

• North Macedonia

  21.6% (2018 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  12.7% (2018 est.)

• Oman

  NA

• Pakistan

  24.3% (2015 est.)

• Palau

  24.9% NA (2006)

• Panama

  22.1% (2016 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  37% (2002 est.)

• Paraguay

  23.5% (2019 est.)

• Peru

  20.2% (2019 est.)

• Philippines

  16.7% (2018 est.)

• Poland

  15.4% (2018 est.)

• Portugal

  17.2% (2018 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  NA

• Qatar

  NA

• Romania

  23.8% (2018 est.)

• Russia

  12.6% (2018 est.)

• Rwanda

  38.2% (2016 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  NA

• Saint Lucia

  25% (2016 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  NA

• Samoa

  20.3% (2013 est.)

• San Marino

  NA

• Sao Tome and Principe

  66.7% (2017 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  NA

• Senegal

  46.7% (2011 est.)

• Serbia

  23.2% (2018 est.)

• Seychelles

  25.3% (2018 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  56.8% (2018 est.)

• Singapore

  NA

• Slovakia

  11.9% (2018 est.)

• Slovenia

  12% (2018 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  12.7% (2012 est.)

• Somalia

  NA

• South Africa

  55.5% (2014 est.)

• South Sudan

  76.4% (2016 est.)

• Spain

  20.7% (2018 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  4.1% (2016 est.)

• Sudan

  46.5% (2009 est.)

• Suriname

  70% (2002 est.)

• Sweden

  17.1% (2018 est.)

• Switzerland

  16% (2018 est.)

• Syria

  82.5% (2014 est.)

• Taiwan

  1.5% (2012 est.)

• Tajikistan

  26.3% (2019 est.)

• Tanzania

  26.4% (2017 est.)

• Thailand

  9.9% (2018 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  41.8% (2014 est.)

• Togo

  55.1% (2015 est.)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  22.5% (2010 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  20% (2014 est.)

• Tunisia

  15.2% (2015 est.)

• Turkey

  14.4% (2018 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  0.2% (2012 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  NA

• Tuvalu

  26.3% (2010 est.)

• Uganda

  21.4% (2016 est.)

• Ukraine

  1.1% (2019 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  19.5% (2003 est.)

• United Kingdom

  18.6% (2017 est.)

• United States

  15.1% (2010 est.)

• Uruguay

  8.8% (2019 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  14.1% (2013 est.)

• Vanuatu

  NA

• Venezuela

  33.1% (2015 est.)

• Vietnam

  6.7% (2018 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  28.9% (2002 est.)

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  18% (2011 est.)

• Yemen

  48.6% (2014 est.)

• Zambia

  54.4% (2015 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  38.3% (2019 est.)