economic2025
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (%) — series 2
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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
20.2%
Median: 10.8%
Countries Covered
170
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
78.0%
Lowest
Slovenia
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo78.0%
2Mozambique74.8%
3South Sudan73.2%
4Malawi70.4%
5Burundi69.9%
By Region
Africa36.3%(9 countries)
Other28.5%(96 countries)
Asia12.9%(21 countries)
South America7.6%(7 countries)
North America6.9%(4 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 (78.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 20.2%)
Africa (9)
Other (96)
Asia (21)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Oceania (1)
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 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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 78.0% |
| 2 | Mozambique | 74.8% |
| 3 | South Sudan | 73.2% |
| 4 | Malawi | 70.4% |
| 5 | Burundi | 69.9% |
| 6 | Zambia | 69.6% |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 69.2% |
| 8 | Madagascar | 66.8% |
| 9 | Niger | 61.9% |
| 10 | Uganda | 61.6% |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 58.2% |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 56.4% |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | 56.1% |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 53.6% |
| 15 | Nigeria | 53.2% |
| 16 | Kenya | 53.0% |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 52.5% |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 52.5% |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 52.4% |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 52.1% |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.7% |
| 22 | Chad | 51.2% |
| 23 | Rwanda | 50.7% |
| 24 | Haiti | 50.6% |
| 25 | Lesotho | 49.2% |
| 26 | Eswatini | 49.1% |
| 27 | Ghana | 49.0% |
| 28 | Mali | 48.8% |
| 29 | Yemen | 47.9% |
| 30 | Republic of the Congo | 47.7% |
| 31 | Togo | 47.5% |
| 32 | Liberia | 47.4% |
| 33 | Turkmenistan | 46.7% |
| 34 | Angola | 46.7% |
| 35 | Benin | 44.0% |
| 36 | Pakistan | 42.8% |
| 37 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40.9% |
| 38 | Djibouti | 40.4% |
| 39 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 40.1% |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38.5% |
| 41 | Republic of The Gambia | 37.7% |
| 42 | Cameroon | 37.5% |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 36.5% |
| 44 | Senegal | 36.0% |
| 45 | Myanmar | 32.7% |
| 46 | Botswana | 32.1% |
| 47 | Namibia | 31.8% |
| 48 | Guinea | 31.4% |
| 49 | India | 31.1% |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.1% |
| 51 | Sudan | 29.3% |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 29.0% |
| 53 | Mauritania | 28.7% |
| 54 | South Africa | 28.4% |
| 55 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 27.0% |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 26.4% |
| 57 | Nauru | 26.0% |
| 58 | Comoros | 24.4% |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 23.9% |
| 60 | Guyana | 23.6% |
| 61 | Honduras | 23.4% |
| 62 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.3% |
| 63 | Indonesia | 23.1% |
| 64 | Philippines | 21.5% |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.1% |
| 66 | Fiji | 20.9% |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 20.5% |
| 68 | Guatemala | 19.5% |
| 69 | Lebanon | 19.3% |
| 70 | Venezuela | 18.4% |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 18.2% |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 17.6% |
| 73 | Egypt | 16.4% |
| 74 | Morocco | 16.3% |
| 75 | Samoa | 16.3% |
| 76 | Nepal | 16.1% |
| 77 | Colombia | 15.7% |
| 78 | Georgia | 15.0% |
| 79 | Kiribati | 14.0% |
| 80 | Peru | 13.1% |
| 81 | Armenia | 12.6% |
| 82 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11.3% |
| 83 | Gabon | 11.2% |
| 84 | Algeria | 11.0% |
| 85 | Marshall Islands | 10.9% |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.7% |
| 87 | El Salvador | 10.6% |
| 88 | Ecuador | 10.1% |
| 89 | State of Palestine | 8.9% |
| 90 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 7.9% |
| 91 | Panama | 7.5% |
| 92 | Brazil | 7.5% |
| 93 | Jamaica | 7.0% |
| 94 | Iraq | 6.6% |
| 95 | Suriname | 6.6% |
| 96 | Vietnam | 6.5% |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 6.5% |
| 98 | Mexico | 6.4% |
| 99 | Paraguay | 6.4% |
| 100 | Tonga | 6.2% |
| 101 | Grenada | 6.1% |
| 102 | Mongolia | 6.0% |
| 103 | Belize | 6.0% |
| 104 | Bolivia | 5.8% |
| 105 | Tunisia | 5.3% |
| 106 | Montenegro | 5.1% |
| 107 | People's Republic of China | 4.9% |
| 108 | Albania | 4.9% |
| 109 | Barbados | 4.9% |
| 110 | Mauritius | 4.8% |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 4.4% |
| 112 | Argentina | 4.4% |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 3.9% |
| 114 | Moldova, Republic of | 3.9% |
| 115 | Jordan | 3.1% |
| 116 | Serbia | 2.9% |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 2.8% |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.7% |
| 119 | Seychelles | 2.6% |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 2.4% |
| 121 | Thailand | 2.1% |
| 122 | Hungary | 2.0% |
| 123 | Maldives | 2.0% |
| 124 | Ukraine | 2.0% |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 1.9% |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 1.8% |
| 127 | Romania | 1.8% |
| 128 | Bhutan | 1.8% |
| 129 | Japan | 1.5% |
| 130 | Lithuania | 1.5% |
| 131 | Israel | 1.4% |
| 132 | Uruguay | 1.4% |
| 133 | Chile | 1.3% |
| 134 | Slovakia | 1.3% |
| 135 | United States of America | 1.2% |
| 136 | Greece | 1.1% |
| 137 | Italy | 1.1% |
| 138 | Spain | 1.1% |
| 139 | Latvia | 1.0% |
| 140 | Türkiye | 1.0% |
| 141 | Australia | 1.0% |
| 142 | Germany | 0.9% |
| 143 | Sweden | 0.9% |
| 144 | Portugal | 0.8% |
| 145 | Croatia | 0.7% |
| 146 | Estonia | 0.6% |
| 147 | Malta | 0.6% |
| 148 | Austria | 0.6% |
| 149 | Malaysia | 0.5% |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 0.5% |
| 151 | Belarus | 0.4% |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.4% |
| 153 | Poland | 0.4% |
| 154 | Canada | 0.3% |
| 155 | Finland | 0.3% |
| 156 | Russian Federation | 0.3% |
| 157 | Czech Republic | 0.2% |
| 158 | Iceland | 0.2% |
| 159 | South Korea | 0.2% |
| 160 | Norway | 0.2% |
| 161 | Switzerland | 0.2% |
| 162 | France | 0.1% |
| 163 | Ireland | 0.1% |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.1% |
| 165 | Netherlands | 0.1% |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% |
| 167 | Belgium | 0.1% |
| 168 | Cyprus | 0.0% |
| 169 | Qatar | 0.0% |
| 170 | Slovenia | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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