demographic2025

Share of population in poverty ($30 a day)

Name: Share of population in poverty ($30 a day)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, %, share, population, poverty, day

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•170 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

76.3%

Median: 93.3%

Countries Covered

170

with available data

Highest

Syrian Arab Republic

100.0%

Lowest

Norway

3.8%

Top 5 Countries

1Syrian Arab Republic100.0%

2Madagascar100.0%

3Ethiopia100.0%

4Guinea-Bissau99.9%

5South Sudan99.9%

By Region

Africa97.9%(9 countries)

Other93.0%(96 countries)

South America75.8%(6 countries)

Asia72.8%(22 countries)

North America49.9%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (3.8%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.3%)

Africa (9)

Other (96)

South America (6)

Asia (22)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Oceania (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Syrian Arab Republic	100.0%
2	Madagascar	100.0%
3	Ethiopia	100.0%
4	Guinea-Bissau	99.9%
5	South Sudan	99.9%
6	Timor-Leste	99.9%
7	Malawi	99.9%
8	Burundi	99.9%
9	Nigeria	99.9%
10	Central African Republic	99.9%
11	Papua New Guinea	99.9%
12	Guinea	99.9%
13	Niger	99.9%
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	99.8%
15	Mali	99.8%
16	Chad	99.8%
17	India	99.8%
18	Liberia	99.8%
19	Zambia	99.8%
20	Kenya	99.8%
21	Uganda	99.7%
22	Mozambique	99.7%
23	Sierra Leone	99.7%
24	Vanuatu	99.7%
25	Solomon Islands	99.7%
26	Yemen	99.6%
27	Kiribati	99.6%
28	Benin	99.6%
29	Burkina Faso	99.6%
30	Togo	99.5%
31	United Republic of Tanzania	99.5%
32	Myanmar	99.5%
33	Pakistan	99.5%
34	Ghana	99.5%
35	Turkmenistan	99.4%
36	Cote d'Ivoire	99.4%
37	Mauritania	99.4%
38	Kyrgyzstan	99.4%
39	Lesotho	99.4%
40	Micronesia, Federated States of	99.3%
41	Comoros	99.3%
42	Fiji	99.2%
43	Bangladesh	99.1%
44	Senegal	99.1%
45	Republic of The Gambia	99.1%
46	Rwanda	99.1%
47	Sudan	99.1%
48	Philippines	99.0%
49	Nauru	99.0%
50	Egypt	98.9%
51	Haiti	98.8%
52	Nepal	98.8%
53	Djibouti	98.8%
54	Cameroon	98.8%
55	Armenia	98.7%
56	Lao People's Democratic Republic	98.7%
57	Angola	98.6%
58	Zimbabwe	98.5%
59	Lebanon	98.4%
60	Algeria	98.3%
61	Tajikistan	98.3%
62	Indonesia	98.2%
63	Republic of the Congo	98.2%
64	Azerbaijan	97.9%
65	Tonga	97.6%
66	Sao Tome and Principe	97.6%
67	Equatorial Guinea	97.5%
68	Georgia	97.4%
69	Eswatini	97.3%
70	Cape Verde	97.2%
71	Tuvalu	96.9%
72	Sri Lanka	96.5%
73	Iraq	96.2%
74	Moldova, Republic of	95.9%
75	Samoa	95.8%
76	Islamic Republic of Iran	95.4%
77	Guyana	95.3%
78	Morocco	95.1%
79	Ukraine	94.6%
80	Marshall Islands	94.3%
81	Mongolia	94.2%
82	Albania	94.1%
83	Kazakhstan	93.9%
84	Honduras	93.8%
85	Nicaragua	93.4%
86	Botswana	93.2%
87	Guatemala	93.2%
88	Venezuela	93.0%
89	Peru	92.8%
90	Tunisia	92.6%
91	State of Palestine	91.9%
92	Gabon	91.8%
93	Namibia	90.9%
94	Vietnam	90.8%
95	South Africa	90.8%
96	El Salvador	90.5%
97	Trinidad and Tobago	89.6%
98	Mauritius	89.5%
99	Jordan	89.5%
100	People's Republic of China	89.0%
101	Maldives	88.9%
102	Bhutan	88.7%
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88.4%
104	The Republic of North Macedonia	88.4%
105	Belarus	87.7%
106	Barbados	87.4%
107	Suriname	86.3%
108	Thailand	85.2%
109	Jamaica	84.6%
110	Ecuador	84.6%
111	Uzbekistan	84.5%
112	Mexico	84.4%
113	Colombia	84.2%
114	Paraguay	83.2%
115	Belize	82.9%
116	Montenegro	81.9%
117	Grenada	80.7%
118	Bolivia	79.4%
119	Dominican Republic	78.3%
120	Brazil	75.6%
121	Serbia	75.0%
122	Seychelles	74.5%
123	Saint Lucia	74.4%
124	Hungary	74.3%
125	Russian Federation	74.0%
126	Slovakia	70.7%
127	Panama	70.2%
128	Costa Rica	61.7%
129	Chile	61.7%
130	Uruguay	56.2%
131	Türkiye	54.6%
132	Greece	52.8%
133	Malaysia	50.9%
134	Romania	50.4%
135	Bulgaria	49.7%
136	Latvia	43.6%
137	Portugal	40.5%
138	Israel	39.4%
139	Estonia	35.1%
140	Lithuania	35.0%
141	Croatia	34.7%
142	Poland	28.7%
143	Japan	28.2%
144	Czech Republic	25.4%
145	Spain	23.2%
146	Italy	22.3%
147	Taiwan, Province of China	19.5%
148	South Korea	16.3%
149	United Kingdom	15.2%
150	Malta	13.9%
151	France	13.3%
152	United States of America	13.1%
153	Sweden	13.1%
154	Cyprus	12.4%
155	Australia	11.5%
156	Ireland	11.4%
157	Germany	11.1%
158	Slovenia	11.0%
159	Qatar	10.8%
160	Canada	9.1%
161	Finland	8.9%
162	United Arab Emirates	7.3%
163	Belgium	7.0%
164	Austria	7.0%
165	Switzerland	6.8%
166	Denmark	6.2%
167	Iceland	6.1%
168	Netherlands	5.7%
169	Luxembourg	4.6%
170	Norway	3.8%

Showing 170 of 170 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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