Poverty, a burdensome reality for many around the world, continues to be the focus of governmental and international development efforts. According to comprehensive data generated by the World Bank and other similar organizations, we gain valuable insights about the poverty situation in different nations. With many countries struggling under the weight of their poverty rates, it's clear that the issue transcends geographic borders, cultures, and economic structures. Clearly, addressing poverty is a global responsibility – one that requires us to take a closer look at individual national circumstances to devise effective strategies. Key findings from the data provided include:
The report on poverty rates shows that the ten countries with the highest poverty rates are Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Sao Tome and Principe, Burundi, DR Congo, Central African Republic, and Guatemala. Among these, Equatorial Guinea has the highest poverty rate, with a staggering 76.8% of its population living below the poverty line. This is slightly higher than South Sudan which follows with a poverty rate of 76.4%. Madagascar is the third country on this list with a poverty rate of 70.7%, followed by Guinea-Bissau with a poverty rate of 69.3%. Close to this, Eritrea comes fifth with a poverty rate of 69.0%. Sao Tome and Principe has a poverty rate of 66.7%, making it the sixth country on this list. Following these, Burundi has a poverty rate of 64.9%, DR Congo has 63.9%, Central African Republic has 62.0%, and Guatemala complete the list with 59.3% of its population living in poverty. 10 Countries with the Highest Poverty Rates:
Among the globe's nations, some stand out with remarkably low poverty rates. China leads the pack with the lowest poverty rate globally, standing at a mere 0.6%. The second-lowest, Ukraine, has a poverty rate of just 1.1%. Sri Lanka, with a rate of 4.1%, occupies the third spot. Kazakhstan steals the fourth place with their poverty rate standing at 4.3%, closely followed by Morocco, which has a poverty rate of 4.8%. Next in line is Belarus, having managed to keep their poverty rate at a reasonably low level of 5.0%. Algeria and Malaysia follow, with their poverty rates being 5.5% and 5.6% respectively. Azerbaijan, with a poverty rate of 6.0%, and Vietnam at 6.7%, round out the list of top ten countries with the lowest poverty rates. The ten countries with the lowest poverty rates:
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
54.5%
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.3%
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
5.5%
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
32.3%
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
35.5%
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
26.4%
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.4%
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
13.3%
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
6.0%
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.3%
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
5.0%
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.8%
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
38.5%
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
8.2%
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
37.2%
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
16.9%
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
19.3%
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
26.5%
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.8%
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
41.4%
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
64.9%
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.7%
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
37.5%
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
11.6%
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
62.0%
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
42.3%
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
8.6%
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
0.6%
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
35.7%
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
42.4%
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.0%
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
18.3%
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.7%
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
10.1%
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
63.9%
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.5%
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.1%
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.0%
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
25.0%
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
32.5%
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
22.8%
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
76.8%
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
69.0%
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.7%
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
58.9%
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.5%
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
29.9%
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.2%
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
13.6%
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
33.4%
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
48.6%
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
19.5%
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.8%
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.4%
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.9%
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
59.3%
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
43.7%
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
69.3%
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
58.5%
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
48.3%
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.3%
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
8.8%
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.9%
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
9.4%
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
18.9%
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
13.1%
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
16.9%
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.1%
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
39.5%
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
19.9%
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
15.7%
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
15.7%
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
4.3%
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
36.1%
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.8%
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.1%
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
18.3%
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
22.9%
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
27.4%
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
49.7%
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
50.9%
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.6%
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.5%
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
70.7%
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
51.5%
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
5.6%
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
8.2%
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
42.1%
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.1%
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
31.0%
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
10.3%
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
41.9%
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
41.2%
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
7.3%
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
28.4%
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.5%
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
4.8%
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
46.1%
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.8%
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.4%
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
25.2%
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
13.6%
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.9%
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
40.8%
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
40.1%
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.6%
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.7%
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.3%
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
24.9%
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
29.2%
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
22.1%
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
39.9%
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.5%
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.2%
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
16.7%
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
15.4%
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.2%
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
40.9%
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.8%
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.6%
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
38.2%
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
25.0%
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.3%
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
66.7%
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
46.7%
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
23.2%
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
25.3%
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
56.8%
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.0%
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.7%
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
55.5%
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
76.4%
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
20.7%
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
4.1%
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
46.5%
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.1%
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
16.0%
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
35.2%
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
26.3%
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
26.4%
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
9.9%
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
41.8%
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
55.1%
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
22.5%
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
15.2%
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.4%
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
26.3%
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
21.4%
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
1.1%
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
18.6%
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
17.8%
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
8.8%
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
14.1%
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
12.7%
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
33.1%
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
6.7%
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
48.6%
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
54.4%
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Poverty Rate
38.3%
#41
Region ↕ | Poverty Rate ↕ |
---|---|
Afghanistan | 54.5% |
Albania | 14.3% |
Algeria | 5.5% |
Angola | 32.3% |
Argentina | 35.5% |
Armenia | 26.4% |
Australia | 12.4% |
Austria | 13.3% |
Azerbaijan | 6.0% |
Bangladesh | 24.3% |
Belarus | 5.0% |
Belgium | 14.8% |
Benin | 38.5% |
Bhutan | 8.2% |
Bolivia | 37.2% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.9% |
Botswana | 19.3% |
Brazil | 26.5% |
Bulgaria | 23.8% |
Burkina Faso | 41.4% |
Burundi | 64.9% |
Cambodia | 17.7% |
Cameroon | 37.5% |
Canada | 11.6% |
Central African Republic | 62.0% |
Chad | 42.3% |
Chile | 8.6% |
China | 0.6% |
Colombia | 35.7% |
Comoros | 42.4% |
Costa Rica | 21.0% |
Croatia | 18.3% |
Cyprus | 14.7% |
Czech Republic | 10.1% |
DR Congo | 63.9% |
Denmark | 12.5% |
Djibouti | 21.1% |
Dominican Republic | 21.0% |
Ecuador | 25.0% |
Egypt | 32.5% |
El Salvador | 22.8% |
Equatorial Guinea | 76.8% |
Eritrea | 69.0% |
Estonia | 21.7% |
Eswatini | 58.9% |
Ethiopia | 23.5% |
Fiji | 29.9% |
Finland | 12.2% |
France | 13.6% |
Gabon | 33.4% |
Gambia | 48.6% |
Georgia | 19.5% |
Germany | 14.8% |
Ghana | 23.4% |
Greece | 17.9% |
Guatemala | 59.3% |
Guinea | 43.7% |
Guinea Bissau | 69.3% |
Haiti | 58.5% |
Honduras | 48.3% |
Hungary | 12.3% |
Iceland | 8.8% |
India | 21.9% |
Indonesia | 9.4% |
Iraq | 18.9% |
Ireland | 13.1% |
Israel | 16.9% |
Italy | 20.1% |
Ivory Coast | 39.5% |
Jamaica | 19.9% |
Japan | 15.7% |
Jordan | 15.7% |
Kazakhstan | 4.3% |
Kenya | 36.1% |
Kiribati | 21.8% |
Kyrgyzstan | 20.1% |
Laos | 18.3% |
Latvia | 22.9% |
Lebanon | 27.4% |
Lesotho | 49.7% |
Liberia | 50.9% |
Lithuania | 20.6% |
Luxembourg | 17.5% |
Madagascar | 70.7% |
Malawi | 51.5% |
Malaysia | 5.6% |
Maldives | 8.2% |
Mali | 42.1% |
Malta | 17.1% |
Mauritania | 31.0% |
Mauritius | 10.3% |
Mexico | 41.9% |
Micronesia | 41.2% |
Moldova | 7.3% |
Mongolia | 28.4% |
Montenegro | 24.5% |
Morocco | 4.8% |
Mozambique | 46.1% |
Myanmar | 24.8% |
Namibia | 17.4% |
Nepal | 25.2% |
Netherlands | 13.6% |
Nicaragua | 24.9% |
Niger | 40.8% |
Nigeria | 40.1% |
North Macedonia | 21.6% |
Norway | 12.7% |
Pakistan | 24.3% |
Palau | 24.9% |
Palestine | 29.2% |
Panama | 22.1% |
Papua New Guinea | 39.9% |
Paraguay | 23.5% |
Peru | 20.2% |
Philippines | 16.7% |
Poland | 15.4% |
Portugal | 17.2% |
Republic of the Congo | 40.9% |
Romania | 23.8% |
Russia | 12.6% |
Rwanda | 38.2% |
Saint Lucia | 25.0% |
Samoa | 20.3% |
Sao Tome and Principe | 66.7% |
Senegal | 46.7% |
Serbia | 23.2% |
Seychelles | 25.3% |
Sierra Leone | 56.8% |
Slovenia | 12.0% |
Solomon Islands | 12.7% |
South Africa | 55.5% |
South Sudan | 76.4% |
Spain | 20.7% |
Sri Lanka | 4.1% |
Sudan | 46.5% |
Sweden | 17.1% |
Switzerland | 16.0% |
Syria | 35.2% |
Tajikistan | 26.3% |
Tanzania | 26.4% |
Thailand | 9.9% |
Timor Leste | 41.8% |
Togo | 55.1% |
Tonga | 22.5% |
Tunisia | 15.2% |
Turkey | 14.4% |
Tuvalu | 26.3% |
Uganda | 21.4% |
Ukraine | 1.1% |
United Kingdom | 18.6% |
United States | 17.8% |
Uruguay | 8.8% |
Uzbekistan | 14.1% |
Vanuatu | 12.7% |
Venezuela | 33.1% |
Vietnam | 6.7% |
Yemen | 48.6% |
Zambia | 54.4% |
Zimbabwe | 38.3% |