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Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) — series 2

Name: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) — series 2
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, % of population, poverty, headcount, ratio, national, lines, population, series

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•159 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

26.8% of population

Median: 21.9% of population

Countries Covered

159

with available data

Highest

South Sudan

82.3% of population

Lowest

People's Republic of China

0.0% of population

Top 5 Countries

1South Sudan82.3% of population

2Madagascar75.2% of population

3Central African Republic68.8% of population

4Mozambique65.0% of population

5Honduras60.1% of population

By Region

North America42.8% of population(2 countries)

Other31.7% of population(94 countries)

Africa29.5% of population(9 countries)

South America23.8% of population(6 countries)

Asia17.3% of population(16 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% of population)High (82.3% of population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 26.8% of population)

North America (2)

Other (94)

Africa (9)

South America (6)

Asia (16)

Europe (32)

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	South Sudan	82.3% of population
2	Madagascar	75.2% of population
3	Central African Republic	68.8% of population
4	Mozambique	65.0% of population
5	Honduras	60.1% of population
6	Zambia	60.0% of population
7	Eswatini	58.9% of population
8	Haiti	58.5% of population
9	Sierra Leone	56.8% of population
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.2% of population
11	Nigeria	56.2% of population
12	Guatemala	56.0% of population
13	Sao Tome and Principe	55.5% of population
14	Somalia	55.4% of population
15	Republic of The Gambia	53.4% of population
16	Belize	52.0% of population
17	Burundi	51.0% of population
18	Liberia	50.9% of population
19	Equatorial Guinea	50.7% of population
20	Malawi	50.7% of population
21	Guinea-Bissau	50.5% of population
22	Lesotho	49.7% of population
23	Yemen	48.6% of population
24	Afghanistan	47.1% of population
25	Sudan	46.5% of population
26	Mali	45.5% of population
27	Chad	44.8% of population
28	Togo	43.8% of population
29	Guinea	43.7% of population
30	Burkina Faso	43.2% of population
31	Timor-Leste	41.8% of population
32	Niger	41.2% of population
33	Micronesia, Federated States of	41.2% of population
34	Republic of the Congo	40.9% of population
35	Papua New Guinea	39.9% of population
36	Kenya	39.8% of population
37	Zimbabwe	38.3% of population
38	Argentina	38.1% of population
39	South Africa	37.9% of population
40	Cameroon	37.7% of population
41	Bolivia	37.7% of population
42	Cote d'Ivoire	37.5% of population
43	Senegal	37.5% of population
44	Benin	36.2% of population
45	Syrian Arab Republic	35.2% of population
46	Egypt	33.5% of population
47	Gabon	33.4% of population
48	Ethiopia	33.1% of population
49	Venezuela	33.1% of population
50	State of Palestine	32.8% of population
51	Angola	32.3% of population
52	Colombia	31.8% of population
53	Mauritania	31.8% of population
54	Moldova, Republic of	31.6% of population
55	Mexico	29.6% of population
56	Peru	27.6% of population
57	Lebanon	27.4% of population
58	Rwanda	27.4% of population
59	El Salvador	27.2% of population
60	Mongolia	27.1% of population
61	United Republic of Tanzania	26.4% of population
62	Tuvalu	26.3% of population
63	Kyrgyzstan	25.7% of population
64	Barbados	25.7% of population
65	Seychelles	25.3% of population
66	Grenada	25.0% of population
67	Saint Lucia	25.0% of population
68	Nicaragua	24.9% of population
69	Palau	24.9% of population
70	Myanmar	24.8% of population
71	Cape Verde	24.8% of population
72	Fiji	24.1% of population
73	Ghana	23.4% of population
74	Ukraine	23.2% of population
75	Estonia	22.5% of population
76	Latvia	22.5% of population
77	India	21.9% of population
78	Pakistan	21.9% of population
79	The Republic of North Macedonia	21.9% of population
80	Samoa	21.9% of population
81	Bulgaria	21.7% of population
82	Panama	21.7% of population
83	Armenia	21.7% of population
84	Ecuador	21.4% of population
85	Djibouti	21.1% of population
86	Lithuania	20.9% of population
87	Tonga	20.6% of population
88	Croatia	20.3% of population
89	Nepal	20.3% of population
90	Spain	20.2% of population
91	Italy	20.1% of population
92	Paraguay	20.1% of population
93	Montenegro	20.0% of population
94	Tajikistan	19.8% of population
95	Serbia	19.7% of population
96	Albania	19.7% of population
97	Romania	19.0% of population
98	Greece	18.8% of population
99	Bangladesh	18.7% of population
100	United Kingdom	18.6% of population
101	Cambodia	17.7% of population
102	Suriname	17.6% of population
103	Iraq	17.5% of population
104	Namibia	17.4% of population
105	Dominican Republic	17.3% of population
106	Luxembourg	17.3% of population
107	Uruguay	17.3% of population
108	Costa Rica	17.1% of population
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.9% of population
110	Malta	16.7% of population
111	Tunisia	16.6% of population
112	Portugal	16.4% of population
113	Sweden	16.1% of population
114	Uganda	16.1% of population
115	Botswana	16.1% of population
116	Vanuatu	15.9% of population
117	Switzerland	15.8% of population
118	Jordan	15.7% of population
119	France	15.6% of population
120	Philippines	15.5% of population
121	Lao People's Democratic Republic	15.0% of population
122	Germany	14.8% of population
123	Austria	14.8% of population
124	Netherlands	14.5% of population
125	Sri Lanka	14.3% of population
126	Ireland	14.0% of population
127	Cyprus	13.9% of population
128	Slovakia	13.7% of population
129	Poland	13.3% of population
130	Türkiye	13.0% of population
131	Slovenia	12.7% of population
132	Solomon Islands	12.7% of population
133	Denmark	12.4% of population
134	Bhutan	12.4% of population
135	Belgium	12.3% of population
136	Finland	12.2% of population
137	Norway	12.2% of population
138	Hungary	12.1% of population
139	Czech Republic	10.2% of population
140	Georgia	9.4% of population
141	Indonesia	9.0% of population
142	Iceland	8.8% of population
143	Mauritius	8.4% of population
144	Jamaica	8.2% of population
145	Marshall Islands	7.2% of population
146	Russian Federation	7.2% of population
147	Chile	6.5% of population
148	Azerbaijan	6.0% of population
149	Uzbekistan	5.8% of population
150	Kiribati	5.5% of population
151	Algeria	5.5% of population
152	Maldives	5.4% of population
153	Thailand	5.4% of population
154	Malaysia	5.1% of population
155	Kazakhstan	5.0% of population
156	Vietnam	4.2% of population
157	Morocco	3.9% of population
158	Belarus	3.5% of population
159	People's Republic of China	0.0% of population

Showing 159 of 159 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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