Poverty ($3/day)
% of people below $3.00 a day (2021 PPP)
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- Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
- Countries
- 48 of 54 have data · 6 without data
- Period
- Latest figures range from 2014 to 2024: 1 country reports 2024; 47 report earlier years.
- Source
- World Bank · annual
Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.
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| Rank | Country | Value (%) | Year | Change from previous figure | Compare |
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| 1 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare | 85.3% | 2020 | — | + compare |
| 2 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare | 81.4% ↓ 0.2 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 0.2 pts | + compare |
| 3 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare | 76.5% | 2016 | — | + compare |
| 4 | 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare | 75.4% ↑ 3.7 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 3.7 pts | + compare |
| 5 | 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare | 74.2% | 2020 | — | + compare |
| 6 | 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare | 71.7% ↑ 3.8 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 3.8 pts | + compare |
| 7 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare | 71.6% | 2021 | — | + compare |
| 8 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare | 69.2% | 2021 | — | + compare |
| 9 | 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare | 60.5% ↑ 1.5 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 1.5 pts | + compare |
| 10 | 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare | 59.8% ↓ 0.3 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 0.3 pts | + compare |
| 11 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare | 51.3% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 12 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare | 49.2% ↑ 4.5 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↑ 4.5 pts | + compare |
| 13 | 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare | 45.5% ↓ 0.9 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 0.9 pts | + compare |
| 14 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare | 44.5% | 2016 | — | + compare |
| 15 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare | 42.1% ↓ 5.6 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 5.6 pts | + compare |
| 16 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare | 41.9% | 2017 | — | + compare |
| 17 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare | 41.8% ↑ 7.6 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↑ 7.6 pts | + compare |
| 18 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare | 41.5% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 19 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare | 39.9% ↑ 2.8 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 2.8 pts | + compare |
| 20 | 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare | 39.5% ↓ 2.4 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 2.4 pts | + compare |
| 21 | 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare | 39.3% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 22 | 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare | 39% | 2016 | — | + compare |
| 23 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare | 38.6% ↑ 5.6 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 5.6 pts | + compare |
| 24 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare | 38.6% ↓ 25.2 pts from previous figure | 2023 | ↓ 25.2 pts | + compare |
| 25 | 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare | 36.1% ↑ 6.7 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↑ 6.7 pts | + compare |
| 26 | 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare | 34.7% ↓ 0.6 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 0.6 pts | + compare |
| 27 | 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare | 33.6% ↑ 1.9 pts from previous figure | 2016 | ↑ 1.9 pts | + compare |
| 28 | 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare | 27.2% ↓ 10 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 10 pts | + compare |
| 29 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare | 26.7% ↓ 2.3 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 2.3 pts | + compare |
| 30 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare | 25.4% | 2017 | — | + compare |
| 31 | 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare | 22.9% | 2015 | — | + compare |
| 32 | 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare | 22% ↑ 4.9 pts from previous figure | 2020 | ↑ 4.9 pts | + compare |
| 33 | 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare | 21.4% | 2015 | — | + compare |
| 34 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare | 20.8% ↓ 0.9 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 0.9 pts | + compare |
| 35 | 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare | 17.9% ↓ 1.2 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 1.2 pts | + compare |
| 36 | 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare | 17.4% ↓ 10.5 pts from previous figure | 2022 | ↓ 10.5 pts | + compare |
| 37 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare | 14.6% | 2015 | — | + compare |
| 38 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare | 13% | 2017 | — | + compare |
| 39 | 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare | 11.7% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 40 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare | 10.2% ↓ 1.5 pts from previous figure | 2019 | ↓ 1.5 pts | + compare |
| 41 | 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare | 10.1% | 2014 | — | + compare |
| 42 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea+ compare | 8.8% | 2022 | — | + compare |
| 43 | 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare | 5.1% ↓ 3.8 pts from previous figure | 2024 | ↓ 3.8 pts | + compare |
| 44 | 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare | 3.8% | 2017 | — | + compare |
| 45 | 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare | 1.4% ↓ 0.6 pts from previous figure | 2021 | ↓ 0.6 pts | + compare |
| 46 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare | 0.7% | 2018 | — | + compare |
| 47 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare | 0.7% → 0 from previous figure | 2021 | → 0 | + compare |
| 48 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare | 0.5% | 2017 | — | + compare |
| Median | 37.35% | median of shown |
Equal values are listed alphabetically and numbered in sequence. “—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.
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