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International poverty rate2020

Population below the source's current international poverty line. Consult the original metadata for the monetary threshold and PPP base year.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2022Latest published year: 2025
Economies with data70 / 217No observation: 147
First-ranked country or territoryCongo - Kinshasa85.3 %

Top 10

% · 2020
02Burundi
74.2
03Kenya
44.4
04Gambia
22
05Kosovo
16.8
06Colombia
15.8
08Peru
10.3

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International poverty rate · 2020 · %
RankCountry / territoryValue (%)Year
01Congo - Kinshasa85.32020
02Burundi74.22020
03Kenya44.42020
04Gambia222020
05Kosovo16.82020
06Colombia15.82020
07Georgia122020
08Peru10.32020
09Indonesia9.82020
10Kyrgyzstan9.42020
11Comoros8.92020
12Ecuador8.42020
13Iran4.62020
14Mexico4.32020
15Bolivia4.22020
16Costa Rica3.42020
17Brazil2.82020
18Paraguay2.62020
19Romania2.42020
20Argentina2.22020
20Montenegro2.22020
22Serbia22020
23Chile1.72020
24Armenia1.52020
25Dominican Republic1.32020
25Vietnam1.32020
27Japan1.22020
28Spain1.12020
28Greece1.12020
28Türkiye1.12020
31Australia0.92020
31Italy0.92020
33Austria0.72020
33Bulgaria0.72020
33Israel0.72020
36Portugal0.62020
37United Kingdom0.52020
37Lithuania0.52020
37Latvia0.52020
37Sweden0.52020
41Estonia0.42020
41Croatia0.42020
41Malta0.42020
41United States0.42020
45Albania0.32020
45Germany0.32020
45Norway0.32020
45Slovakia0.32020
45Uruguay0.32020
50Denmark0.22020
50Ireland0.22020
50Poland0.22020
53Belgium0.12020
53Canada0.12020
53Switzerland0.12020
53France0.12020
53South Korea0.12020
53Russia0.12020
53Thailand0.12020
60Belarus02020
60China02020
60Cyprus02020
60Czechia02020
60Finland02020
60Kazakhstan02020
60Luxembourg02020
60Moldova02020
60Netherlands02020
60Slovenia02020
60Ukraine02020

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No observation (147)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Population below the source's current international poverty line. Consult the original metadata for the monetary threshold and PPP base year.
Unit
%
Source & definition
World Bank · SI.POV.DDAY
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Original metadata
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 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.

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  "name": "Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)",
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  },
  "sourceNote": "Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 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.",
  "sourceOrganization": "World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org., World Bank (WB), uri: http://pip.worldbank.org, note: Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database.",
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      "id": "19",
      "value": "Climate Change"
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