demographic2025

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

Name: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, %, poverty, headcount, ratio, national, lines, 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.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•159 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

26.8%

Median: 21.9%

Countries Covered

159

with available data

Highest

South Sudan

82.3%

Lowest

People's Republic of China

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1South Sudan82.3%

2Madagascar75.2%

3Central African Republic68.8%

4Mozambique65.0%

5Honduras60.1%

By Region

North America42.8%(2 countries)

Other31.7%(94 countries)

Africa29.5%(9 countries)

South America23.8%(6 countries)

Asia17.3%(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%)High (82.3%)

Regional Comparison

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

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

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

Showing 159 of 159 countries

Topics

#demographic #%#poverty #headcount #ratio #national #lines #population

Data Source

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

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