What share of people live in extreme poverty?
Share of the population living on less than $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) — the World Bank’s international extreme-poverty line. Reported sporadically, so each country shows its latest survey year.
World Bank Open Data SI.POV.DDAY · 1963–2025
As of 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep. is highest at 85.3% (2020), and Ukraine lowest at 0.0% (2020); the median across 171 countries is 2.5%.
Highest (latest) 85.3% Congo, Dem. Rep. · 2020
Lowest (latest) 0.0% Ukraine · 2020
Countries 171 % below $3.00/day
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| # | Country | % below $3.00/day | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinned | ||||
| 68 | India | 5.3% | 2022 | |
| 103 | United States | 1.1% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Germany | 0.7% | 2022 | |
| 161 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| All countries | ||||
| 1 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 85.3% | 2020 | |
| 2 | Mozambique | 81.4% | 2022 | |
| 3 | South Sudan | 76.5% | 2016 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 75.4% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Burundi | 74.2% | 2020 | |
| 6 | Zambia | 71.7% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 71.6% | 2021 | |
| 8 | Madagascar | 69.2% | 2021 | |
| 9 | Niger | 60.5% | 2021 | |
| 10 | Uganda | 59.8% | 2019 | |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 52.2% | 2009 | |
| 12 | Tanzania | 51.3% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 49.2% | 2019 | |
| 14 | Kenya | 45.5% | 2022 | |
| 15 | Eswatini | 44.5% | 2016 | |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 44.0% | 2014 | |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 42.1% | 2021 | |
| 18 | Lesotho | 41.9% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Nigeria | 41.8% | 2022 | |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 41.5% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Haiti | 40.4% | 2012 | |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 40.3% | 2012 | |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.9% | 2021 | |
| 24 | Chad | 39.5% | 2022 | |
| 25 | Angola | 39.3% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Congo, Rep. | 39.2% | 2011 | |
| 27 | Ghana | 39.0% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 38.6% | 2021 | |
| 29 | Rwanda | 38.6% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Mali | 36.1% | 2021 | |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 35.1% | 1998 | |
| 32 | Togo | 34.7% | 2021 | |
| 33 | Liberia | 33.6% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Yemen, Rep. | 33.3% | 2014 | |
| 35 | Benin | 27.2% | 2021 | |
| 36 | Cameroon | 26.7% | 2021 | |
| 37 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 26.1% | 2013 | |
| 38 | Djibouti | 25.4% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Pakistan | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Namibia | 22.9% | 2015 | |
| 41 | Gambia, The | 22.0% | 2020 | |
| 42 | Botswana | 21.4% | 2015 | |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.8% | 2021 | |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 19.5% | 2019 | |
| 45 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.0% | 2022 | |
| 46 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2021 | |
| 47 | South Africa | 17.4% | 2022 | |
| 48 | Honduras | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Cabo Verde | 14.6% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Guyana | 13.0% | 1998 | |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.0% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Guinea | 11.7% | 2018 | |
| 53 | Myanmar | 10.3% | 2017 | |
| 54 | Mauritania | 10.2% | 2019 | |
| 55 | Sudan | 10.1% | 2014 | |
| 56 | Kosovo | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| 57 | Guatemala | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Nauru | 9.7% | 2012 | |
| 59 | Venezuela, RB | 9.7% | 2006 | |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 9.0% | 2010 | |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 62 | Colombia | 8.5% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Lao PDR | 7.1% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 6.6% | 2014 | |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 6.1% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| 67 | Lebanon | 5.8% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Philippines | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Comoros | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Peru | 5.1% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Fiji | 4.7% | 2019 | |
| 73 | El Salvador | 4.6% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Samoa | 4.5% | 2013 | |
| 75 | Georgia | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Indonesia | 4.0% | ||
| 77 | North Macedonia | 3.9% | 2019 | |
| 78 | Gabon | 3.8% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Morocco | 3.7% | 2013 | |
| 80 | Ecuador | 3.4% | ||
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% | 1992 | |
| 82 | Panama | 3.1% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Brazil | 3.0% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 2.7% | 2019 | |
| 85 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Montenegro | 2.5% | 2021 | |
| 87 | Nepal | 2.4% | 2022 | |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 2.3% | ||
| 89 | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Suriname | 2.2% | 2022 | |
| 91 | Bolivia | 2.1% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Marshall Islands | 2.1% | 2019 | |
| 93 | Paraguay | 2.1% | 2024 | |
| 94 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.1% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Barbados | 1.7% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Viet Nam | 1.6% | 2022 | |
| 98 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.4% | 2021 | |
| 99 | Jamaica | 1.4% | 2021 | |
| 100 | Japan | 1.2% | 2020 | |
| 101 | Lithuania | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Serbia | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2024 | |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Belize | 1.0% | 2018 | |
| 107 | Australia | 0.9% | 2020 | |
| 108 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Italy | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Kiribati | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Armenia | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | ||
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Spain | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Grenada | 0.8% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Sweden | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Romania | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Seychelles | 0.7% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 2021 | |
| 121 | Greece | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Austria | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Iraq | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Mauritius | 0.5% | 2017 | |
| 125 | Slovak Republic | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Chile | 0.4% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 129 | Israel | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 130 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 131 | Malta | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2022 | |
| 133 | Portugal | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| 134 | Tonga | 0.4% | 2021 | |
| 135 | Albania | 0.3% | 2020 | |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2021 | |
| 137 | Canada | 0.3% | 2022 | |
| 138 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 139 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2022 | |
| 141 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Poland | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 144 | Turkiye | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 147 | France | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 148 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | |
| 150 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2010 | |
| 151 | Korea, Rep. | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 152 | St. Lucia | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 154 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 155 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2021 | |
| 156 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2018 | |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2005 | |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 | |
| 160 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | |
| 162 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 164 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2011 | |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | |
| 166 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2019 | |
| 167 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 | |
| 168 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| 170 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| 171 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | |