Country Comparison > Population below poverty line

Rank	Country	Population below poverty line (%)
1	Zambia	86
2	Chad	80
3	Haiti	80
4	Liberia	80
5	Gaza Strip	80
6	Sierra Leone	70.2
7	Suriname	70
8	Mozambique	70
9	Nigeria	70
10	Swaziland	69
11	Zimbabwe	68
12	Burundi	68
13	Niger	63
14	Comoros	60
15	Bolivia	60
16	Rwanda	60
17	Tajikistan	60
18	Guatemala	56.2
19	Sao Tome and Principe	54
20	Senegal	54
21	Afghanistan	53
22	Malawi	53
23	Honduras	50.7
24	Madagascar	50
25	Kenya	50
26	South Africa	50
27	Eritrea	50
28	Colombia	49.2
29	Lesotho	49
30	Cameroon	48
31	Nicaragua	48
32	Guinea	47
33	Burkina Faso	46.4
34	West Bank	46
35	Yemen	45.2
36	Bangladesh	45
37	Peru	44.5
38	Dominican Republic	42.2
39	Djibouti	42
40	East Timor	42
41	Cote d'Ivoire	42
42	Angola	40.5
43	Kyrgyzstan	40
44	Mauritania	40
45	Sudan	40
46	Ethiopia	38.7
47	Ecuador	38.3
48	Venezuela	37.9
49	Ukraine	37.7
50	Benin	37.4
51	Papua New Guinea	37
52	Mongolia	36.1
53	Mali	36.1
54	Tanzania	36
55	Uganda	35
56	Cambodia	35
57	Namibia	34.9
58	Belize	33.5
59	Uzbekistan	33
60	Burma	32.7
61	Grenada	32
62	Togo	32
63	Paraguay	32
64	Bhutan	31.7
65	Brazil	31
66	Georgia	31
67	Nepal	30.9
68	El Salvador	30.7
69	Laos	30.7
70	Botswana	30.3
71	Dominica	30
72	Turkmenistan	30
73	Cape Verde	30
74	Philippines	30
75	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	29.8
76	Moldova	29.5
77	Virgin Islands	28.9
78	Panama	28.6
79	Ghana	28.5
80	Lebanon	28
81	Uruguay	27.4
82	Belarus	27.1
83	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.7
84	Armenia	26.5
85	Fiji	25.5
86	Romania	25
87	Albania	25
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
89	India	25
90	Azerbaijan	24
91	Pakistan	24
92	Tonga	24
93	Argentina	23.4
94	Anguilla	23
95	Algeria	23
96	Guam	23
97	Sri Lanka	22
98	Israel	21.6
99	Maldives	21
100	Slovakia	21
101	Egypt	20
102	Turkey	20
103	Spain	19.8
104	United Arab Emirates	19.5
105	Bermuda	19
106	Chile	18.2
107	Iran	18
108	Portugal	18
109	Indonesia	17.8
110	Poland	17
111	Trinidad and Tobago	17
112	Costa Rica	16
113	Russia	15.8
114	Belgium	15.2
115	Korea, South	15
116	Morocco	15
117	Jamaica	14.8
118	Vietnam	14.8
119	Jordan	14.2
120	Bulgaria	14.1
121	United Kingdom	14
122	Kazakhstan	13.8
123	Mexico	13.8
124	Slovenia	12.9
125	United States	12
126	Syria	11.9
127	Germany	11
128	Croatia	11
129	Canada	10.8
130	Netherlands	10.5
131	Thailand	10
132	Bahamas, The	9.3
133	Hungary	8.6
134	China	8
135	Mauritius	8
136	Libya	7.4
137	Tunisia	7.4
138	Montenegro	7
139	Ireland	7
140	France	6.2
141	Austria	5.9
142	Malaysia	5.1
143	Estonia	5
144	Lithuania	4
145	Taiwan	0.95

Definition: National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009