Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
28.9%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Taiwan
Median
0.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 28.9% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 1.2%.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 1,464.6%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $1 a day: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 28.9% | 2022 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 2 | Zambia | 28.4% | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 3 | Malawi | 12.6% | 2019 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 11.4% | 2020 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 7.9% | 2021 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Ghana | 6.8% | 2016 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 6.6% | 2019 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela | 3.1% | 2006 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Honduras | 2.6% | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 2.0% | 2022 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Tanzania | 1.9% | 2018 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 1.7% | 2022 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 1.7% | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Guatemala | 1.1% | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Botswana | 1.1% | 2015 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Togo | 1.0% | 2021 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Niger | 0.9% | 2021 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0.9% | 2021 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 19 | South Africa | 0.8% | 2022 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 0.8% | 2021 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 0.8% | 2021 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 22 | United States | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2019 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Montenegro | 0.8% | 2021 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2023 | up 331.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 0.7% | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia | 0.6% | 2020 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 28 | Germany | 0.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Gambia | 0.6% | 2020 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Sweden | 0.5% | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 0.5% | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 0.5% | 2021 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5% | 2021 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Austria | 0.4% | 2023 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Rwanda | 0.4% | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Japan | 0.4% | 2020 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2017 | up 1,464.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 0.4% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 41 | Mali | 0.3% | 2021 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Serbia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 0.3% | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2021 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2019 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Laos | 0.3% | 2024 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2014 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Israel | 0.2% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 0.2% | 2024 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2% | 2021 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2018 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Syria | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Norway | 0.1% | 2023 | up 107.9% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Greece | 0.1% | 2023 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Poland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Finland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Canada | 0.1% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2021 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2019 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 77 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2021 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Iran | 0.0% | 2023 | up 362.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2013 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Vietnam | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2021 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2021 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 89 | India | 0.0% | 2022 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2019 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Albania | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 100 | China | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 100 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Russia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Taiwan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $1 per day.