List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty explained

This is a list of countries and territories by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization.

Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.^{[1] [2]} There are many working definitions of "poverty", with considerable debate on the most accurate definition of the term.

Lack of income security, economic stability and the predictability of one's continued means to meet basic needs all serve as absolute indicators of poverty. Poverty may therefore also be defined as the economic condition of lacking predictable and stable means of meeting basic life needs.

As a result of the adoption of the 2017 PPPs, the global poverty lines have been revised in 2022: The international poverty line, used to define extreme global poverty, was revised to US$2.15 from US$1.90. Poverty lines for other sets of countries have also been revised upwards. The poverty line for lower middle-income countries (LMICs) has moved to US$3.65 from US$3.20, while the poverty line for upper middle-income countries (UMICs) has moved to US$6.85 from US$5.50.^[3]

The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6.85 US dollars a day in 2017 international PPP prices. The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API.^{[4] [5] [6]}

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert different currencies into a common, comparable unit and account for price differences across countries. The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day is based on 2017 PPPs.^[7] This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is considered to be living in extreme poverty. About 692 million people globally were in this situation in 2024.^[8]

The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.^[9]

Definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Even among rich nations, the standards differ greatly. Thus, the numbers are not comparable among countries. Even when nations do use the same method, some issues may remain.^[10]

According to World Bank, "Poverty headcount ratio at a defined value a day is the percentage of the population living on less than that value a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions."^[11] "National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys."^[12]

A country may have a unique national poverty line or separate poverty lines for rural and urban areas, or for different geographic areas to reflect differences in the cost of living or sometimes to reflect differences in diets and consumption baskets. National poverty lines reflect local perceptions of the level and composition of consumption or income needed to be non-poor. The perceived boundary between poor and non-poor typically rises with the average income of a country and thus does not provide a uniform measure for comparing poverty rates across countries. Almost all national poverty lines in developing economies are anchored to the cost of a food bundle - based on the prevailing national diet of the poor - that provides adequate nutrition for good health and normal activity, plus an allowance for nonfood spending.

The third table lists countries by the percentage of the working population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), and up to $3.65 a day (the moderate poverty line). The data is from the most recent year available from ILOSTAT, the International Labour Organization database.^[13]

According to International Labour Organization, "the working poor are employed people who live in households that fall below an accepted poverty line. While poverty in the developed world is often associated with unemployment, the extreme poverty that exists throughout much of the developing world is largely a problem of employed persons in these societies. For these poor workers, the problem is typically one of employment quality. Reducing poverty in line with the SDGs therefore necessitates boosting the employment opportunities and incomes of the working poor – those people who are employed, but who are nevertheless unable to lift themselves and their families above the poverty threshold."^[14]

Percentage of population living below global poverty lines

Percentage of population (including non-citizens) living on less than $2.15, $3.65 and $6.85 a day in 2017 international PPP dollars as per the World Bank. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

+	Country/Territory	Region	World Bank Income group (2024)	Poverty headcount ratio (2017 PPP) at			Year
$2.15 a day				$3.65 a day	$6.85 a day
% of population
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2020
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	%	%	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	%	%	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2020
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2020
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	North America	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	North America	High income	%	%	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2020
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2020
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2023
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2020
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2023
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2020
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2023
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2017
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	South Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	%	%	%	2020
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2019
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2019
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	%	%	2023
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	%	%	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	%	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income	%	%	%	2018
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2022
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	%	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2020
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	%	%	2022
	North America	High income	%	%	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	0	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	%	%	2017
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	%	%	2019
			%	%	%	2022
Low & middle income economies (WB)			%	%	%	2022
Low-income economies (WB)			%	%	%	2017
Middle-income economies (WB)			N/A
Lower middle income economies (WB)			%	%	%	2022
Upper middle income economies (WB)			%	%	%	2022
High-income economies (WB)			%	%	%	2022

Percent of population living below national poverty line

The percentage of the population living below national poverty line (%) – poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities (however definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations). Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

+	Country/Territory	Region	World Bank Income group (2024)	Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines	Year
% of population
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2020
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2021
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	North America	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2021
	North America	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2020
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2024
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	2017
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2020
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	%	2023
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2023
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2017
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2019
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	South Asia	Upper middle income	%	2019
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2021
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2017
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2019
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	%	2017
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2019
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	South Asia	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2018
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2017
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income	%	2018
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2018
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	%	2022
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	%	2021
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	%	2021
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2021
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	%	2019
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	%	2020
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	%	2022
	North America	High income	N/A
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	%	2023
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	0	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	N/A
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2022
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2019
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	%	2018
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	N/A
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	N/A
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2022
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	%	2019

Percentage of working population living below global poverty lines

Percentage of working population who live in households that fall below the World Bank's international poverty lines of $2.15 and $3.65 a day, as per the International Labour Organization. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

+ Share of employment by economic class in 2023, with lowest economic class based on the World Bank's international poverty lines of $2.15 and $3.65 a day	Country	Region	World Bank Income group (2024)	Extremely poor: Less than $2.15 a day	Moderately poor: $2.15 to less than $3.65 a day	Not extremely or moderately poor: $3.65 or above a day
		South Asia	Low income	data-sort-value="35"		data-sort-value="56"		data-sort-value="9"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="22"		data-sort-value="47"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="98"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="6"		data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="67"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="5"		data-sort-value="93"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="12"		data-sort-value="15"		data-sort-value="73"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="14"		data-sort-value="28"		data-sort-value="58"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="97"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="95"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="8"		data-sort-value="19"		data-sort-value="73"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="95"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="43"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="70"		data-sort-value="19"		data-sort-value="11"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="7"		data-sort-value="93"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="20"		data-sort-value="34"		data-sort-value="46"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="20"		data-sort-value="20"		data-sort-value="60"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="66"		data-sort-value="21"		data-sort-value="13"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="34"		data-sort-value="33"		data-sort-value="33"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="99"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="98"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="6"		data-sort-value="91"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="14"		data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="68"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="50"		data-sort-value="23"		data-sort-value="27"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="57"		data-sort-value="24"		data-sort-value="19"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="10"		data-sort-value="23"		data-sort-value="67"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="97"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="6"		data-sort-value="91"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="12"		data-sort-value="87"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="4"		data-sort-value="94"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="33"		data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="40"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="32"		data-sort-value="28"		data-sort-value="40"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="23"		data-sort-value="22"		data-sort-value="55"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="29"		data-sort-value="53"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="10"		data-sort-value="89"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="96"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="14"		data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="60"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="8"		data-sort-value="90"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="19"		data-sort-value="63"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="7"		data-sort-value="91"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="15"		data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="59"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="33"		data-sort-value="50"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="48"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="8"		data-sort-value="12"		data-sort-value="81"
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="61"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="16"		data-sort-value="81"
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="99"
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="5"		data-sort-value="95"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="98"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="34"		data-sort-value="40"
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="13"		data-sort-value="86"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="7"		data-sort-value="21"		data-sort-value="72"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="23"		data-sort-value="51"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="40"
	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="5"		data-sort-value="6"		data-sort-value="89"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="78"		data-sort-value="15"		data-sort-value="7"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="66"		data-sort-value="21"		data-sort-value="13"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	South Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="16"		data-sort-value="32"		data-sort-value="52"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="4"		data-sort-value="13"		data-sort-value="83"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="5"		data-sort-value="94"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="97"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="98"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="8"		data-sort-value="92"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="69"		data-sort-value="17"		data-sort-value="15"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="15"		data-sort-value="83"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="11"		data-sort-value="11"		data-sort-value="78"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="13"		data-sort-value="85"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="7"		data-sort-value="91"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="46"		data-sort-value="32"		data-sort-value="22"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="42"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="96"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="98"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="6"		data-sort-value="7"		data-sort-value="87"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="4"		data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="66"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="98"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="29"		data-sort-value="26"		data-sort-value="45"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="98"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="5"		data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="87"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="91"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Europe & Central Asia	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="33"		data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="36"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="24"		data-sort-value="67"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="27"		data-sort-value="35"		data-sort-value="38"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="35"		data-sort-value="34"		data-sort-value="31"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="59"		data-sort-value="23"		data-sort-value="18"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="12"		data-sort-value="79"
	South Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="2"		data-sort-value="14"		data-sort-value="84"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="35"		data-sort-value="35"
	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="16"		data-sort-value="65"
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="68"		data-sort-value="18"		data-sort-value="14"
	East Asia & Pacific	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="9"		data-sort-value="88"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="42"		data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="28"
	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="30"		data-sort-value="42"		data-sort-value="29"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="16"		data-sort-value="28"		data-sort-value="55"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="99"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="96"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="37"		data-sort-value="31"		data-sort-value="32"
	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Middle East & North Africa	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Latin America & Caribbean	High income	data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="0"		data-sort-value="100"
	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="19"		data-sort-value="37"		data-sort-value="44"
	Latin America & Caribbean	data-sort-value="0"	-	data-sort-value="25"		data-sort-value="24"		data-sort-value="51"
	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="1"		data-sort-value="3"		data-sort-value="96"
	Middle East & North Africa	Low income	data-sort-value="57"		data-sort-value="24"		data-sort-value="20"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="56"		data-sort-value="19"		data-sort-value="25"
	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	data-sort-value="35"		data-sort-value="25"		data-sort-value="40"
Note: Data refers to 2021 for Ukraine and 2022 for the Occupied Palestinian Territory

See also

• List of countries by Human Development Index
  • List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent List of sovereign states by Official Development Assistance received
• List of countries by minimum wage
• List of countries by income equality
• Economic inequality
• Income distribution
• International inequality

External links

• World Poverty Clock World Poverty Clock from Global Data Lab
• Global Distribution of Poverty Global poverty datasets and map collection
• Population below poverty line: Countries Compared

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Fujs, Tony; Lakner, Christoph; Gerszon Mahler, Daniel; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Schoch, Marta; Kofi Tetteh Baah, Samuel; Viveros, Martha; Wu, Haoyu; Yonzan, Nishant . September 2022 global poverty update from the World Bank: 2017 PPPs and new data for India . 2022-09-14 . 2024-10-18 . World Bank.
4. Web site: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) . 2024-10-18 . World Bank.
5. Web site: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) . 2024-10-18 . World Bank.
6. Web site: Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) . . 2024-10-18.
7. Web site: Fact Sheet: An Adjustment to Global Poverty Lines . The World Bank IBRD-IDA . . 2024-10-18.
8. Web site: Did You Know? . pip.worldbank.org . Poverty and Inequality Platform . . 2024-10-18.
9. Web site: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) . . 2024-10-18.
10. "Web site: Inequality watch . 2014-10-18 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160430154404/http://www.inequalitywatch.eu/spip.php?article99 . 2016-04-30 . " Eurostat 2010
11. Web site: World Bank . Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) . World Development Indicators . 2024-10-18.
12. Web site: World Bank . Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) . World Development Indicators . 2024-10-18.
13. Web site: International Labour Organization . Which country has the highest working poverty rate? . ILOSTAT . 2024-10-18.
14. Web site: International Labour Organization . Statistics on working poverty . ILOSTAT . 2024-10-18.