demographic2025

Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) (% of population)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Loading visualization...

Key Insights

Global Average
18.7%
Median: 4.3%
Countries Covered
156
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
88.0%
Lowest
Slovenia
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo88.0%
2South Sudan87.5%
3Mozambique85.0%
4Burundi84.2%
5Malawi80.6%
By Region
Africa36.7%(8 countries)
Other27.4%(88 countries)
Asia7.2%(18 countries)
North America5.6%(3 countries)
South America3.8%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (88.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.7%)

Africa (8)
Other (88)
Asia (18)
North America (3)
South America (7)
Oceania (1)
Europe (31)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Democratic Republic of the Congo88.0%
2South Sudan87.5%
3Mozambique85.0%
4Burundi84.2%
5Malawi80.6%
6Madagascar79.1%
7Niger78.6%
8Chad75.8%
9Papua New Guinea75.4%
10Zambia72.7%
11Uganda67.4%
12Ethiopia65.5%
13Burkina Faso60.0%
14Liberia59.2%
15United Republic of Tanzania58.9%
16Sierra Leone57.8%
17Mali56.1%
18Haiti53.2%
19Solomon Islands52.2%
20Timor-Leste51.8%
21Angola51.5%
22Benin51.1%
23Zimbabwe50.8%
24Sudan48.4%
25Guinea-Bissau48.3%
26Lesotho47.7%
27Eswatini47.7%
28Kenya47.3%
29Nigeria47.0%
30Guinea46.1%
31Togo44.6%
32Republic of the Congo44.5%
33Yemen44.5%
34Ghana44.1%
35Cameroon42.7%
36Mauritania42.7%
37Rwanda41.4%
38Republic of The Gambia39.0%
39Sao Tome and Principe37.9%
40Cote d'Ivoire34.9%
41Senegal33.3%
42Djibouti33.0%
43Namibia32.8%
44Micronesia, Federated States of28.9%
45South Africa28.8%
46Vanuatu27.3%
47Pakistan27.1%
48Botswana25.6%
49Equatorial Guinea20.0%
50Honduras18.4%
51India17.7%
52Nicaragua17.5%
53Cape Verde17.0%
54Myanmar16.2%
55Tajikistan14.1%
56Comoros14.0%
57Guatemala13.7%
58Lao People's Democratic Republic10.3%
59Nauru10.1%
60Tuvalu9.6%
61Gabon9.3%
62Colombia8.8%
63Lebanon7.8%
64Morocco7.6%
65Bangladesh7.4%
66Peru6.9%
67El Salvador6.2%
68Philippines6.2%
69Ecuador5.9%
70Iraq5.8%
71Russian Federation5.0%
72Fiji4.9%
73Samoa4.7%
74Nepal4.4%
75Indonesia4.3%
76Panama4.3%
77The Republic of North Macedonia4.3%
78Bolivia4.3%
79Georgia4.2%
80Australia3.7%
81Brazil3.4%
82Luxembourg3.3%
83Belarus3.2%
84Spain3.2%
85Suriname3.0%
86Sri Lanka2.8%
87Belize2.7%
88Islamic Republic of Iran2.5%
89Italy2.3%
90Marshall Islands2.3%
91Paraguay2.3%
92Uzbekistan2.3%
93Kyrgyzstan2.2%
94Bhutan2.2%
95State of Palestine2.0%
96Egypt2.0%
97Greece1.9%
98Mexico1.9%
99Portugal1.9%
100Vietnam1.9%
101Finland1.7%
102Ukraine1.7%
103Dominican Republic1.6%
104Kiribati1.6%
105Jamaica1.6%
106Netherlands1.6%
107Sweden1.6%
108Bulgaria1.3%
109France1.3%
110Germany1.3%
111Lithuania1.3%
112Mongolia1.3%
113United States of America1.3%
114Japan1.2%
115Montenegro1.2%
116Albania1.2%
117Grenada1.1%
118Cyprus1.0%
119Hungary1.0%
120Seychelles1.0%
121Argentina1.0%
122Costa Rica0.8%
123Denmark0.8%
124Tunisia0.8%
125Armenia0.8%
126Latvia0.7%
127Mauritius0.7%
128Barbados0.7%
129Austria0.6%
130Belgium0.6%
131Ireland0.5%
132Malta0.5%
133Slovakia0.5%
134Chile0.4%
135Croatia0.4%
136Estonia0.4%
137Norway0.4%
138Saint Lucia0.4%
139Serbia0.4%
140Tonga0.4%
141Israel0.3%
142Jordan0.3%
143Malaysia0.3%
144Switzerland0.3%
145Moldova, Republic of0.2%
146Türkiye0.2%
147Uruguay0.2%
148Iceland0.1%
149Kazakhstan0.1%
150South Korea0.1%
151Thailand0.1%
152Czech Republic0.0%
153Maldives0.0%
154Poland0.0%
155Romania0.0%
156Slovenia0.0%
Showing 156 of 156 countries

Topics

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

View Original Source