Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): all countries and regions

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (%)
Albania20200.3409224562346935
Algeria20110
Angola201839.29470479488373
Armenia20240.78427754342556
Australia20200.8999999612569809
Austria20230.5282233003526926
Azerbaijan20050
Bangladesh20225.909079313278198
Barbados20161.6773976385593414
Belarus20200
Belgium20230.08690045215189457
Belize20181.0364782996475697
Benin202127.223417162895203
Bhutan20220.006953538832021877
Bolivia20242.050207182765007
Bosnia and Herzegovina20210.2674536546692252
Botswana201521.36525958776474
Brazil20243.0075229704380035
Bulgaria20231.0110015980899334
Burkina Faso202142.06163287162781
Burundi202074.19917583465576
Cameroon202126.691800355911255
Canada20220.3000000026077032
Cape Verde201514.604078233242035
Central African Republic202171.61734700202942
Chad202239.47537541389465
Chile20240.39967475458979607
China20220
Colombia20248.500736206769943
Comoros20245.066828802227974
Congo201139.2168790102005
Costa Rica20250.7546557113528252
Cote d'Ivoire202120.82609534263611
Croatia20230.2627608831971884
Cyprus20230.013168177974876016
Czechia20230
Democratic Republic of Congo202085.31767129898071
Denmark20230.3592246910557151
Djibouti201725.36087930202484
Dominican Republic20240.7753300946205854
East Timor201444.03270781040192
Ecuador20253.4184567630290985
Egypt20211.3737847097218037
El Salvador20234.636839404702187
Equatorial Guinea20228.79419893026352
Estonia20230.3169490024447441
Eswatini201644.53093111515045
Ethiopia202138.636115193367004
Fiji20194.653071612119675
Finland20230.19506416283547878
France20230.0697234645485878
Gabon20173.810487315058708
Gambia202022.00188785791397
Georgia20244.229260981082916
Germany20220.7000000216066837
Ghana201639.025792479515076
Greece20230.5942829418927431
Grenada20180.7673545274883509
Guatemala20239.660949558019638
Guinea201811.650444567203522
Guinea-Bissau202139.86110985279083
Guyana199813.011032342910767
Haiti201265.0974452495575
Honduras202415.717370808124542
Hungary20170.9179572574794292
Iceland20190.0799420231487602
India20232.572406642138958
Indonesia20253.6915570497512817
Iran20232.4873051792383194
Iraq20230.5494187586009502
Ireland20230.08230576640926301
Israel20220.4000000189989805
Italy20230.927226897329092
Jamaica20211.3869243673980236
Japan20201.2000000104308128
Jordan20100.10412249248474836
Kazakhstan20210.040175646427087486
Kenya202245.48266530036926
Kiribati20230.929071381688118
Kyrgyzstan20242.1876486018300056
Laos20247.126891613006592
Latvia20230.44409683905541897
Lebanon20225.780612304806709
Lesotho201741.85849130153656
Liberia201633.558934926986694
Lithuania20231.0979139246046543
Luxembourg20230.08513763314113021
Madagascar202169.17263865470886
Malawi201975.43821930885315
Malaysia20210.01308294158661738
Maldives20190
Mali202136.103078722953796
Malta20230.3938834182918072
Marshall Islands20192.100958488881588
Mauritania201910.221504420042038
Mauritius20170.5401915870606899
Mexico20241.64585430175066
Micronesia (country)201326.147079467773438
Moldova20240
Mongolia20220.4398250952363014
Montenegro20212.4937989190220833
Morocco20133.6758679896593094
Mozambique202281.3613772392273
Myanmar201710.266228765249252
Namibia201522.863061726093292
Nauru20129.718574583530426
Nepal20222.4363145232200623
Netherlands20210.09726311545819044
Nicaragua20146.570377945899963
Niger202160.489869117736816
Nigeria202241.81954860687256
North Macedonia20193.9403513073921204
Norway20230.19705931190401316
Pakistan202422.956307232379913
Palestine20232.0733127370476723
Panama20243.1258318573236465
Papua New Guinea200952.21028923988342
Paraguay20242.105332911014557
Peru20245.1405638456344604
Philippines202311.531732976436615
Poland20230.2441274467855692
Portugal20230.41326326318085194
Qatar20170
Romania20230.7001521531492472
Russia20200.04168040177319199
Rwanda202338.55049014091492
Saint Lucia20156.403649598360062
Samoa20134.4585637748241425
Sao Tome and Principe201713.006116449832916
Senegal202117.887471616268158
Serbia20231.0941900312900543
Seychelles20180.6736329291015863
Sierra Leone201841.485199332237244
Slovakia20230.4521372728049755
Slovenia20230
Solomon Islands201240.30148684978485
South Africa202217.435920238494873
South Korea20210.10000000474974513
South Sudan201676.50264501571655
Spain20230.8134083822369576
Sri Lanka20192.7054540812969208
Sudan201410.099956393241882
Suriname20222.1780425682663918
Sweden20230.8379480801522732
Switzerland20230.06956272409297526
Syria202217.96185076236725
Taiwan20210.10000000474974513
Tajikistan20246.133540719747543
Tanzania201851.34686827659607
Thailand20240.014684569032397121
Togo202134.66113209724426
Tonga20210.4088190384209156
Trinidad and Tobago19923.237999975681305
Tunisia20210.6540433503687382
Turkey20230.17505723517388105
Turkmenistan199835.07585823535919
Tuvalu20108.990787714719772
Uganda202354.3621301651001
Ukraine20200.03376775130163878
United Arab Emirates20180
United Kingdom20210.4000000189989805
United States20241.0999999940395355
Uruguay20240.16715977108106017
Uzbekistan20252.3006621748209
Vanuatu201919.495603442192078
Venezuela20069.712059795856476
Vietnam20221.60335972905159
Yemen201433.30049514770508
Zambia202271.6561496257782
Zimbabwe201949.21989440917969

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (%)
Argentina (urban)20240.9636804461479187
Bolivia (urban)199213.803379237651825
China (rural)20220
China (urban)20220
Colombia (urban)199119.30299997329712
East Asia and Pacific (WB)20261.6270318999886513
Eastern and Southern Africa (WB)202649.57956373691559
Ecuador (urban)199821.13676518201828
Ethiopia (rural)198177.1809995174408
Europe and Central Asia (WB)20260.5026641301810741
Honduras (urban)198659.460002183914185
Kosovo20229.9788099527359
Latin America and Caribbean (WB)20264.049232229590416
Micronesia (country) (urban)200050.58307647705078
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)202614.473684132099152
North America (WB)20260.9283225983381271
Rwanda (rural)198473.52499961853027
South Asia (WB)20261.6873352229595184
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)202643.26183795928955
Suriname (urban)199920.6021249294281
Uruguay (urban)20051.522471010684967
Western and Central Africa (WB)202633.902496099472046
World20269.793788939714432
World (excluding China)202611.791524291038513
World (excluding India)202611.616630852222443