Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day by country
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
89.1%
Mozambique
Lowest
0.0%
Cyprus
Median
4.1%
Years covered
63
1963–2025
Data points
2,148
What the numbers show
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 89.1% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.1%, and the mean is 17.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,965.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 1,225.4%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 99.2%).
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 89.1% | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 2 | Malawi | 87.3% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 87.2% | 2020 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 83.9% | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 5 | Zambia | 81.4% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 79.7% | 2021 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 76.3% | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 70.0% | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 65.5% | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 64.6% | 2021 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 11 | Nigeria | 64.0% | 2022 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 63.7% | 2021 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 13 | Rwanda | 62.2% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.1% | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 59.5% | 2021 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 16 | Ghana | 56.3% | 2016 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 17 | Togo | 55.6% | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 18 | Benin | 50.0% | 2021 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 47.9% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 20 | Syria | 42.1% | 2022 | up 624.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.6% | 2021 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 41.3% | 2021 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 23 | Gambia | 40.2% | 2020 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 24 | Senegal | 37.3% | 2021 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 25 | Botswana | 35.8% | 2015 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 30.2% | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 29.3% | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 29.2% | 2018 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritania | 26.0% | 2019 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 30 | India | 23.9% | 2022 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 23.5% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 32 | Laos | 22.5% | 2024 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 20.5% | 2022 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 34 | Guatemala | 17.6% | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 16.9% | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 16.4% | 2025 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 37 | Venezuela | 16.4% | 2006 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 15.7% | 2014 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 39 | Colombia | 14.7% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.5% | 2024 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 41 | Morocco | 11.6% | 2013 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 11.5% | 2019 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 43 | Georgia | 11.0% | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 10.7% | 2024 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 9.1% | 2022 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 46 | El Salvador | 8.6% | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 8.4% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran | 7.5% | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 7.4% | 2019 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2021 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 51 | Panama | 6.8% | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Brazil | 6.2% | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Palestine | 6.1% | 2023 | up 111.0% | rising |
| 54 | Armenia | 5.7% | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Bolivia | 4.9% | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Paraguay | 4.5% | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Vietnam | 4.2% | 2022 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 4.1% | 2024 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 60 | Montenegro | 4.0% | 2021 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 4.0% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 62 | Tunisia | 2.4% | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mongolia | 2.3% | 2022 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Albania | 2.1% | 2020 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 2.1% | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 2.0% | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Hungary | 1.8% | 2017 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 1.7% | 2025 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Japan | 1.6% | 2020 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 1.6% | 2023 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Romania | 1.3% | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Lithuania | 1.2% | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 73 | United States | 1.2% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 74 | Australia | 1.1% | 2020 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0% | 2021 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 1.0% | 2023 | down 49.4% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 1.0% | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2010 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 0.9% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 80 | Germany | 0.9% | 2022 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Israel | 0.9% | 2022 | down 43.8% | flat |
| 83 | Moldova | 0.8% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 0.8% | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 44.6% | flat |
| 86 | Chile | 0.7% | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Portugal | 0.7% | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 0.7% | 2023 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Austria | 0.6% | 2023 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 90 | Estonia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 92 | China | 0.5% | 2022 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 94 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2023 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 0.4% | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0.4% | 2022 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2021 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Canada | 0.3% | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.3% | 2005 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Russia | 0.3% | 2020 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 104 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 105 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 2020 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2022 | up 1,225.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 108 | South Korea | 0.2% | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2019 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2021 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Taiwan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 115 | France | 0.1% | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2020 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 90.5% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.