| Country | POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE(%) |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
35.8% (2011 est.) |
| Albania |
14.3% (2012 est.) |
| Algeria |
23% (2006 est.) |
| American Samoa |
NA% |
| Andorra |
NA% |
| Angola |
40.5% (2006 est.) |
| Anguilla |
23% (2002 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
NA% |
| Argentina |
30% note: data are based on private estimates (2010 est.) |
| Armenia |
32% (2013 est.) |
| Aruba |
NA% |
| Australia |
NA% |
| Austria |
4% (2014 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
6% (2012 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
9.3% (2010 est.) |
| Bahrain |
NA% |
| Bangladesh |
31.5% (2010 est.) |
| Barbados |
NA% |
| Belarus |
6.3% (2012 est.) |
| Belgium |
15.1% (2013 est.) |
| Belize |
41% (2013 est.) |
| Benin |
37.4% (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda |
11% (2008 est.) |
| Bhutan |
12% (2012 est.) |
| Bolivia |
45% note: based on percent of population living on less than the international standard of $2/day (2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
17.2% (2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
30.3% (2003 est.) |
| Brazil |
21.4% note: approximately 4% of the population are below the "extreme" poverty line (2009 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
NA% |
| Brunei |
NA% |
| Bulgaria |
21.8% (2014 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
46.7% (2009 est.) |
| Burma |
32.7% (2007 est.) |
| Burundi |
68% (2002 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
30% (2000 est.) |
| Cambodia |
17.7% (2012 est.) |
| Cameroon |
48% (2000 est.) |
| Canada |
9.4% note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2008 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
NA% |
| Central African Republic |
NA% |
| Chad |
46.7% (2011 est.) |
| Chile |
14.4% (2013) |
| China |
6.1% note: in 2011, China set a new poverty line at RMB 2300 (approximately US $400) (2013 est.) |
| Colombia |
27.8% (2015 est.) |
| Comoros |
44.8% (2004 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
63% (2012 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
46.5% (2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
NA% |
| Costa Rica |
24.8% (2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
42% (2006 est.) |
| Croatia |
19.5% (2014 est.) |
| Cuba |
NA% |
| Cyprus |
NA% |
| Czechia |
8.6% (2012 est.) |
| Denmark |
13.4% (2011 est.) |
| Djibouti |
23% note: percent of population below $1.25 per day at purchasing power parity (2015 est.) |
| Dominica |
29% (2009 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
41.1% (2013 est.) |
| Ecuador |
25.6% (December 2013 est) |
| Egypt |
25.2% (2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
36.5% (2010 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
NA% |
| Eritrea |
50% (2004 est.) |
| Estonia |
21.6% (2014 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
29.6% (2014 est.) |
| European Union |
9.8% note - see individual country entries of member states |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
NA% |
| Faroe Islands |
NA% |
| Fiji |
31% (2009 est.) |
| Finland |
NA% |
| France |
8.1% (2012 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
19.7% (2009 est.) |
| Gabon |
NA% |
| Gambia, The |
48.4% (2010 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
30% note: data exclude the West Bank (2011 est.) |
| Georgia |
9.2% (2010 est.) |
| Germany |
15.5% (2010 est.) |
| Ghana |
24.2% (2013 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
NA% |
| Greece |
36% (2014 est.) |
| Greenland |
9.2% (2007 est.) |
| Grenada |
38% (2008 est.) |
| Guam |
23% (2001 est.) |
| Guatemala |
59.3% (2014 est.) |
| Guernsey |
NA% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
67% (2015 est.) |
| Guinea |
47% (2006 est.) |
| Guyana |
35% (2006 est.) |
| Haiti |
58.5% (2012 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
NA% |
| Honduras |
60% (2010 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
19.6% (2012 est.) |
| Hungary |
14.9% (2015 est.) |
| Iceland |
NA% note: 332,100 families (2011 est.) |
| India |
29.8% (2010 est.) |
| Indonesia |
11.3% (2014 est.) |
| Iran |
18.7% (2007 est.) |
| Iraq |
25% (2008 est.) |
| Ireland |
8.2% (2013 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
NA% |
| Israel |
22% note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2014 est.) |
| Italy |
29.9% (2012 est.) |
| Jamaica |
16.5% (2009 est.) |
| Japan |
16.1% (2013 est.) |
| Jersey |
NA% |
| Jordan |
14.2% (2002 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
5.3% (2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
43.4% (2012 est.) |
| Kiribati |
NA% |
| Korea, North |
NA% |
| Korea, South |
14.6% (2013 est.) |
| Kosovo |
30% (2013 est.) |
| Kuwait |
NA% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
33.7% (2011 est.) |
| Laos |
22% (2013 est.) |
| Latvia |
NA% |
| Lebanon |
28.6% (2004 est.) |
| Lesotho |
57.1% (2010 est.) |
| Liberia |
63.8% (2007 est.) |
| Libya |
NA% note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line |
| Liechtenstein |
NA% |
| Lithuania |
4% (2008 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
NA% |
| Macau |
NA% |
| Macedonia |
30.4% (2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
75.3% (2010 est.) |
| Malawi |
52.4% (2004 est.) |
| Malaysia |
3.8% (2009 est.) |
| Maldives |
16% (2008 est.) |
| Mali |
36.1% (2005 est.) |
| Malta |
15.9% (2014 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
NA% |
| Mauritania |
40% (2004 est.) |
| Mauritius |
8% (2006 est.) |
| Mexico |
52.3% note: based on food-based definition of poverty; asset-based poverty amounted to more than 47% (2012 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
26.7% (2000 est.) |
| Moldova |
20.8% (2013 est.) |
| Monaco |
NA% |
| Mongolia |
21.6% (2014 est.) |
| Montenegro |
8.6% (2013 est.) |
| Montserrat |
NA% |
| Morocco |
15% (2007 est.) |
| Mozambique |
52% (2009 est.) |
| Namibia |
28.7% (2010 est.) |
| Nauru |
NA% |
| Nepal |
25.2% (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands |
9.1% (2013 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
NA% |
| New Zealand |
NA% |
| Nicaragua |
29.6% (2015 est.) |
| Nigeria |
70% (2010 est.) |
| Niger |
63% (1993 est.) |
| Niue |
NA% |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
NA% |
| Norway |
NA% |
| Oman |
NA% |
| Pakistan |
22.3% (FY2005 est.) |
| Palau |
NA% |
| Panama |
26% (2012 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
37% (2002 est.) |
| Paraguay |
34.7% (2010 est.) |
| Peru |
25.8% (2012 est.) |
| Philippines |
25.2% (2012 est.) |
| Poland |
17.3% (2012 est.) |
| Portugal |
18.7% (2012 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
NA% |
| Qatar |
NA% |
| Romania |
22.4% (2012 est.) |
| Russia |
11.2% (2014 est.) |
| Rwanda |
39.1% (2015 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
NA% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
NA% |
| Saint Lucia |
NA% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
NA% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
NA% |
| Samoa |
NA% |
| San Marino |
NA% |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
66.2% (2009 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
NA% |
| Senegal |
46.7% (2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
9.2% (2013 est.) |
| Seychelles |
NA% |
| Sierra Leone |
70.2% (2004 est.) |
| Singapore |
NA% |
| Slovakia |
12.6% (2014 est.) |
| Slovenia |
13.5% (2012 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
NA% |
| Somalia |
NA% |
| South Africa |
35.9% (2012 est.) |
| South Sudan |
50.6% (2009 est.) |
| Spain |
21.1% (2012 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
8.9% (2010 est.) |
| Sudan |
46.5% (2009 est.) |
| Suriname |
70% (2002 est.) |
| Swaziland |
69% (2006 est.) |
| Sweden |
14% (2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
7.6% (2011 est.) |
| Syria |
82.5% (2014 est.) |
| Taiwan |
1.5% (2012 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
35.6% (2013 est.) |
| Tanzania |
67.9% (2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
12.6% (2012 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
37% (2011 est.) |
| Togo |
32% (1989 est.) |
| Tokelau |
NA% |
| Tonga |
24% (FY03/04 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
17% (2007 est.) |
| Tunisia |
15.5% (2010 est.) |
| Turkey |
16.9% (2010 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
0.2% (2012 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
NA% |
| Tuvalu |
26.3% (2010 est.) |
| Uganda |
19.7% (2013 est.) |
| Ukraine |
24.1% (2010 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
19.5% (2003 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
15% (2013 est.) |
| United States |
15.1% (2010 est.) |
| Uruguay |
18.6% (2010 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
17% (2011 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
NA% |
| Venezuela |
32.1% (2013 est.) |
| Vietnam |
11.3% (2012 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
28.9% (2002 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
NA% |
| West Bank |
18% (2011 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
NA% |
| Yemen |
54% (2014 est.) |
| Zambia |
60.5% (2010 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
72.3% (2012 est.) |