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% (2017 est.)

• Albania

  14.3% (2012 est.)

• Algeria

  23% (2006 est.)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Angola

  36.6% (2008 est.)

• Anguilla

  23% (2002 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  NA

• Argentina

  25.7% (2017 est.)

  note: data are based on private estimates

• Armenia

  32% (2013 est.)

• Aruba

  NA

• Australia

  NA

• Austria

  3% (2017 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  4.9% (2015 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  9.3% (2010 est.)

• Bahrain

  NA

• Bangladesh

  24.3% (2016 est.)

• Barbados

  NA

• Belarus

  5.7% (2016 est.)

• Belgium

  15.1% (2013 est.)

• Belize

  41% (2013 est.)

• Benin

  36.2% (2011 est.)

• Bermuda

  11% (2008 est.)

• Bhutan

  12% (2012 est.)

• Bolivia

  38.6% (2015 est.)

  note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day

• 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

  23.4% (2016 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  40.1% (2009 est.)

• Burma

  25.6% (2016 est.)

• Burundi

  64.6% (2014 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  30% (2000 est.)

• Cambodia

  16.5% (2016 est.)

• Cameroon

  30% (2001 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

  46.7% (2011 est.)

• Chile

  14.4% (2013)

• China

  3.3% (2016 est.)

  note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $400)

• Colombia

  28% (2017 est.)

• Comoros

  44.8% (2004 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  63% (2014 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  46.5% (2011 est.)

• Cook Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  21.7% (2014 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  46.3% (2015 est.)

• Croatia

  19.5% (2015 est.)

• Cuba

  NA

• Cyprus

  NA

• Czechia

  9.7% (2015 est.)

• Denmark

  13.4% (2011 est.)

  note: excludes students

• Djibouti

  23% (2015 est.)

  note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity

• Dominica

  29% (2009 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  30.5% (2016 est.)

• Ecuador

  21.5% (December 2017 est.)

• Egypt

  27.8% (2016 est.)

• El Salvador

  32.7% (2016 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  44% (2011 est.)

• Eritrea

  50% (2004 est.)

• Estonia

  21.1% (2016 est.)

• Eswatini

  63% (2010 est.)

• Ethiopia

  29.6% (2014 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

  31% (2009 est.)

• France

  14.2% (2015 est.)

• French Polynesia

  19.7% (2009 est.)

• Gabon

  34.3% (2015 est.)

• Gambia, The

  48.4% (2010 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  30% (2011 est.)

  note: data exclude the West Bank

• Georgia

  9.2% (2010 est.)

• Germany

  16.7% (2015 est.)

• Ghana

  24.2% (2013 est.)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  36% (2014 est.)

• Greenland

  16.2% (2015 est.)

• Grenada

  38% (2008 est.)

• Guam

  23% (2001 est.)

• Guatemala

  59.3% (2014 est.)

• Guernsey

  NA

• Guinea

  47% (2006 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  67% (2015 est.)

• Guyana

  35% (2006 est.)

• Haiti

  58.5% (2012 est.)

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  29.6% (2014)

• Hong Kong

  19.9% (2016 est.)

• Hungary

  14.9% (2015 est.)

• Iceland

  NA

  note: 332,100 families (2011 est.)

• India

  21.9% (2011 est.)

• Indonesia

  10.9% (2016 est.)

• Iran

  18.7% (2007 est.)

• Iraq

  23% (2014 est.)

• Ireland

  8.2% (2013 est.)

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  22% (2014 est.) (2014 est.)

  note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day

• Italy

  29.9% (2012 est.)

• Jamaica

  17.1% (2016 est.)

• Japan

  16.1% (2013 est.)

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  14.2% (2002 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  2.6% (2016 est.)

• Kenya

  36.1% (2016 est.)

• Kiribati

  NA

• Korea, North

  NA

• Korea, South

  14.4% (2016 est.)

• Kosovo

  17.6% (2015 est.)

• Kuwait

  NA

• Kyrgyzstan

  32.1% (2015 est.)

• Laos

  22% (2013 est.)

• Latvia

  25.5% (2015)

• Lebanon

  28.6% (2004 est.)

• Lesotho

  57% (2016 est.)

• Liberia

  54.1% (2014 est.)

• Libya

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

• Liechtenstein

  NA

• Lithuania

  22.2% (2015 est.)

• Luxembourg

  NA

• Macau

  NA

• Madagascar

  70.7% (2012 est.)

• Malawi

  50.7% (2010 est.)

• Malaysia

  3.8% (2009 est.)

• Maldives

  15% (2009 est.)

• Mali

  36.1% (2005 est.)

• Malta

  16.3% (2015 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  NA

• Mauritania

  31% (2014 est.)

• Mauritius

  8% (2006 est.)

• Mexico

  46.2% (2014 est.)

  note: from a food-based definition of poverty; asset-based poverty amounted to more than 47%

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  26.7% (2000 est.)

• Moldova

  9.6% (2015 est.)

• Monaco

  NA

• Mongolia

  29.6% (2016 est.)

• Montenegro

  8.6% (2013 est.)

• Montserrat

  NA

• Morocco

  15% (2007 est.)

• Mozambique

  46.1% (2015 est.)

• Namibia

  28.7% (2010 est.)

• Nauru

  NA

• Nepal

  25.2% (2011 est.)

• Netherlands

  8.8% (2015 est.)

• New Caledonia

  17% (2008)

• New Zealand

  NA

• Nicaragua

  29.6% (2015 est.)

• Niger

  45.4% (2014 est.)

• Nigeria

  70% (2010 est.)

• Niue

  NA

• North Macedonia

  21.5% (2015 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  NA

• Oman

  NA

• Pakistan

  29.5% (FY2013 est.)

• Palau

  24.9% NA (2006)

• Panama

  23% (2015 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  37% (2002 est.)

• Paraguay

  22.2% (2015 est.)

• Peru

  22.7% (2014 est.)

• Philippines

  21.6% (2017 est.)

• Poland

  17.6% (2015 est.)

• Portugal

  19% (2015 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  NA

• Qatar

  NA

• Romania

  22.4% (2012 est.)

• Russia

  13.3% (2015 est.)

• Rwanda

  39.1% (2015 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  NA

• Saint Lucia

  NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  NA

• Samoa

  NA

• San Marino

  NA

• Sao Tome and Principe

  66.2% (2009 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  NA

• Senegal

  46.7% (2011 est.)

• Serbia

  8.9% (2014 est.)

• Seychelles

  39.3% (2013 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  70.2% (2004 est.)

• Singapore

  NA

• Slovakia

  12.3% (2015 est.)

• Slovenia

  13.9% (2016 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  NA

• Somalia

  NA

• South Africa

  16.6% (2016 est.)

• South Sudan

  66% (2015 est.)

• Spain

  21.1% (2012 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  6.7% (2012 est.)

• Sudan

  46.5% (2009 est.)

• Suriname

  70% (2002 est.)

• Sweden

  15% (2014 est.)

• Switzerland

  6.6% (2014 est.)

• Syria

  82.5% (2014 est.)

• Taiwan

  1.5% (2012 est.)

• Tajikistan

  31.5% (2016 est.)

• Tanzania

  22.8% (2015 est.)

• Thailand

  7.2% (2015 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

  15.5% (2010 est.)

• Turkey

  21.9% (2015 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  0.2% (2012 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  NA

• Tuvalu

  26.3% (2010 est.)

• Uganda

  21.4% (2017 est.)

• Ukraine

  3.8% (2016 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  19.5% (2003 est.)

• United Kingdom

  15% (2013 est.)

• United States

  15.1% (2010 est.)

• Uruguay

  9.7% (2015 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  14% (2016 est.)

• Vanuatu

  NA

• Venezuela

  19.7% (2015 est.)

• Vietnam

  8% (2017 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  28.9% (2002 est.)

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  18% (2011 est.)

• Yemen

  54% (2014 est.)

• Zambia

  54.4% (2015 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  72.3% (2012 est.)