Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
98.3%
Burundi
Lowest
0.2%
Cyprus
Median
31.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 98.3% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.2% in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.1%, and the mean is 40.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 423.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 566.7%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 85.1%).
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 98.3% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Malawi | 98.3% | 2019 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Madagascar | 97.8% | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 4 | Niger | 97.6% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 5 | Mozambique | 97.1% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 96.3% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Nigeria | 96.1% | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 8 | Uganda | 96.1% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Zambia | 96.0% | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 95.3% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Tanzania | 94.4% | 2018 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 12 | Syria | 94.2% | 2022 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 93.6% | 2021 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 14 | Kenya | 93.2% | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 92.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 16 | Mali | 92.6% | 2021 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 92.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 91.7% | 2021 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 19 | Togo | 91.2% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 20 | India | 90.1% | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 90.1% | 2016 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 87.0% | 2021 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 23 | Gambia | 86.4% | 2020 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 24 | Senegal | 86.0% | 2021 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 85.9% | 2018 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 26 | Philippines | 82.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 81.6% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 28 | Cameroon | 80.6% | 2021 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritania | 80.4% | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 30 | Laos | 79.6% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 77.7% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 75.9% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 33 | Egypt | 73.1% | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Botswana | 69.4% | 2015 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 66.9% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 66.8% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 66.1% | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 65.3% | 2019 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 39 | Armenia | 64.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 60.5% | 2013 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 41 | Honduras | 59.0% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 42 | Georgia | 58.5% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 57.4% | 2014 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 57.1% | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 57.1% | 2005 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 46 | Venezuela | 52.9% | 2006 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 47 | Iran | 48.8% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 46.1% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 49 | Colombia | 45.1% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 50 | El Salvador | 40.0% | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 51 | Palestine | 39.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 52 | Ecuador | 38.0% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 53 | Mongolia | 37.2% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 54 | Moldova | 34.9% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 55 | Jamaica | 31.6% | 2021 | — | falling |
| 56 | Tunisia | 31.5% | 2021 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 57 | China | 31.3% | 2022 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 31.3% | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 59 | Vietnam | 31.1% | 2022 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 31.1% | 2020 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 61 | Mexico | 29.8% | 2024 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 62 | Paraguay | 28.8% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 28.0% | 2019 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 64 | Brazil | 27.2% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 65 | Jordan | 26.6% | 2010 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 66 | Panama | 25.3% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 67 | Bolivia | 23.5% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 68 | Ukraine | 20.8% | 2020 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 69 | Thailand | 20.7% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 70 | Montenegro | 20.4% | 2021 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 20.1% | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.7% | 2021 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 19.0% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 74 | Bhutan | 16.4% | 2022 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 14.8% | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 12.6% | 2023 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 77 | Russia | 9.3% | 2020 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Uruguay | 9.1% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 8.0% | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Hungary | 7.6% | 2017 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Turkey | 7.4% | 2023 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 6.8% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 83 | Romania | 6.7% | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Israel | 6.7% | 2022 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 85 | Belarus | 6.5% | 2020 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 5.9% | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Malaysia | 5.6% | 2021 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Greece | 5.4% | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Lithuania | 4.2% | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Latvia | 4.0% | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | 3.8% | 2020 | up 31.0% | flat |
| 92 | Portugal | 3.2% | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 93 | Spain | 3.0% | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Italy | 2.5% | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 96 | United States | 2.2% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 97 | Germany | 2.0% | 2022 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Estonia | 1.9% | 2023 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Sweden | 1.7% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 100 | Australia | 1.6% | 2020 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 101 | Poland | 1.4% | 2023 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Czechia | 1.2% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 1.1% | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 105 | United Kingdom | 1.1% | 2021 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Canada | 0.8% | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 106 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2021 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Denmark | 0.6% | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0.6% | 2019 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 110 | Taiwan | 0.5% | 2021 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Finland | 0.5% | 2023 | up 68.7% | falling |
| 112 | France | 0.5% | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Norway | 0.4% | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 114 | Netherlands | 0.4% | 2021 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Switzerland | 0.3% | 2022 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Belgium | 0.3% | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.