# 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](/sources/extreme-poverty).

## Countries

| Country | Latest year | Value (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Albania](/extreme-poverty/albania) | 2020 | 0.3409224562346935 |
| [Algeria](/extreme-poverty/algeria) | 2011 | 0 |
| [Angola](/extreme-poverty/angola) | 2018 | 39.29470479488373 |
| [Armenia](/extreme-poverty/armenia) | 2024 | 0.78427754342556 |
| [Australia](/extreme-poverty/australia) | 2020 | 0.8999999612569809 |
| [Austria](/extreme-poverty/austria) | 2023 | 0.5282233003526926 |
| [Azerbaijan](/extreme-poverty/azerbaijan) | 2005 | 0 |
| [Bangladesh](/extreme-poverty/bangladesh) | 2022 | 5.909079313278198 |
| [Barbados](/extreme-poverty/barbados) | 2016 | 1.6773976385593414 |
| [Belarus](/extreme-poverty/belarus) | 2020 | 0 |
| [Belgium](/extreme-poverty/belgium) | 2023 | 0.08690045215189457 |
| [Belize](/extreme-poverty/belize) | 2018 | 1.0364782996475697 |
| [Benin](/extreme-poverty/benin) | 2021 | 27.223417162895203 |
| [Bhutan](/extreme-poverty/bhutan) | 2022 | 0.006953538832021877 |
| [Bolivia](/extreme-poverty/bolivia) | 2024 | 2.050207182765007 |
| [Bosnia and Herzegovina](/extreme-poverty/bosnia-and-herzegovina) | 2021 | 0.2674536546692252 |
| [Botswana](/extreme-poverty/botswana) | 2015 | 21.36525958776474 |
| [Brazil](/extreme-poverty/brazil) | 2024 | 3.0075229704380035 |
| [Bulgaria](/extreme-poverty/bulgaria) | 2023 | 1.0110015980899334 |
| [Burkina Faso](/extreme-poverty/burkina-faso) | 2021 | 42.06163287162781 |
| [Burundi](/extreme-poverty/burundi) | 2020 | 74.19917583465576 |
| [Cameroon](/extreme-poverty/cameroon) | 2021 | 26.691800355911255 |
| [Canada](/extreme-poverty/canada) | 2022 | 0.3000000026077032 |
| [Cape Verde](/extreme-poverty/cape-verde) | 2015 | 14.604078233242035 |
| [Central African Republic](/extreme-poverty/central-african-republic) | 2021 | 71.61734700202942 |
| [Chad](/extreme-poverty/chad) | 2022 | 39.47537541389465 |
| [Chile](/extreme-poverty/chile) | 2024 | 0.39967475458979607 |
| [China](/extreme-poverty/china) | 2022 | 0 |
| [Colombia](/extreme-poverty/colombia) | 2024 | 8.500736206769943 |
| [Comoros](/extreme-poverty/comoros) | 2024 | 5.066828802227974 |
| [Congo](/extreme-poverty/congo) | 2011 | 39.2168790102005 |
| [Costa Rica](/extreme-poverty/costa-rica) | 2025 | 0.7546557113528252 |
| [Cote d'Ivoire](/extreme-poverty/cote-d-ivoire) | 2021 | 20.82609534263611 |
| [Croatia](/extreme-poverty/croatia) | 2023 | 0.2627608831971884 |
| [Cyprus](/extreme-poverty/cyprus) | 2023 | 0.013168177974876016 |
| [Czechia](/extreme-poverty/czechia) | 2023 | 0 |
| [Democratic Republic of Congo](/extreme-poverty/democratic-republic-of-congo) | 2020 | 85.31767129898071 |
| [Denmark](/extreme-poverty/denmark) | 2023 | 0.3592246910557151 |
| [Djibouti](/extreme-poverty/djibouti) | 2017 | 25.36087930202484 |
| [Dominican Republic](/extreme-poverty/dominican-republic) | 2024 | 0.7753300946205854 |
| [East Timor](/extreme-poverty/east-timor) | 2014 | 44.03270781040192 |
| [Ecuador](/extreme-poverty/ecuador) | 2025 | 3.4184567630290985 |
| [Egypt](/extreme-poverty/egypt) | 2021 | 1.3737847097218037 |
| [El Salvador](/extreme-poverty/el-salvador) | 2023 | 4.636839404702187 |
| [Equatorial Guinea](/extreme-poverty/equatorial-guinea) | 2022 | 8.79419893026352 |
| [Estonia](/extreme-poverty/estonia) | 2023 | 0.3169490024447441 |
| [Eswatini](/extreme-poverty/eswatini) | 2016 | 44.53093111515045 |
| [Ethiopia](/extreme-poverty/ethiopia) | 2021 | 38.636115193367004 |
| [Fiji](/extreme-poverty/fiji) | 2019 | 4.653071612119675 |
| [Finland](/extreme-poverty/finland) | 2023 | 0.19506416283547878 |
| [France](/extreme-poverty/france) | 2023 | 0.0697234645485878 |
| [Gabon](/extreme-poverty/gabon) | 2017 | 3.810487315058708 |
| [Gambia](/extreme-poverty/gambia) | 2020 | 22.00188785791397 |
| [Georgia](/extreme-poverty/georgia) | 2024 | 4.229260981082916 |
| [Germany](/extreme-poverty/germany) | 2022 | 0.7000000216066837 |
| [Ghana](/extreme-poverty/ghana) | 2016 | 39.025792479515076 |
| [Greece](/extreme-poverty/greece) | 2023 | 0.5942829418927431 |
| [Grenada](/extreme-poverty/grenada) | 2018 | 0.7673545274883509 |
| [Guatemala](/extreme-poverty/guatemala) | 2023 | 9.660949558019638 |
| [Guinea](/extreme-poverty/guinea) | 2018 | 11.650444567203522 |
| [Guinea-Bissau](/extreme-poverty/guinea-bissau) | 2021 | 39.86110985279083 |
| [Guyana](/extreme-poverty/guyana) | 1998 | 13.011032342910767 |
| [Haiti](/extreme-poverty/haiti) | 2012 | 65.0974452495575 |
| [Honduras](/extreme-poverty/honduras) | 2024 | 15.717370808124542 |
| [Hungary](/extreme-poverty/hungary) | 2017 | 0.9179572574794292 |
| [Iceland](/extreme-poverty/iceland) | 2019 | 0.0799420231487602 |
| [India](/extreme-poverty/india) | 2023 | 2.572406642138958 |
| [Indonesia](/extreme-poverty/indonesia) | 2025 | 3.6915570497512817 |
| [Iran](/extreme-poverty/iran) | 2023 | 2.4873051792383194 |
| [Iraq](/extreme-poverty/iraq) | 2023 | 0.5494187586009502 |
| [Ireland](/extreme-poverty/ireland) | 2023 | 0.08230576640926301 |
| [Israel](/extreme-poverty/israel) | 2022 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| [Italy](/extreme-poverty/italy) | 2023 | 0.927226897329092 |
| [Jamaica](/extreme-poverty/jamaica) | 2021 | 1.3869243673980236 |
| [Japan](/extreme-poverty/japan) | 2020 | 1.2000000104308128 |
| [Jordan](/extreme-poverty/jordan) | 2010 | 0.10412249248474836 |
| [Kazakhstan](/extreme-poverty/kazakhstan) | 2021 | 0.040175646427087486 |
| [Kenya](/extreme-poverty/kenya) | 2022 | 45.48266530036926 |
| [Kiribati](/extreme-poverty/kiribati) | 2023 | 0.929071381688118 |
| [Kyrgyzstan](/extreme-poverty/kyrgyzstan) | 2024 | 2.1876486018300056 |
| [Laos](/extreme-poverty/laos) | 2024 | 7.126891613006592 |
| [Latvia](/extreme-poverty/latvia) | 2023 | 0.44409683905541897 |
| [Lebanon](/extreme-poverty/lebanon) | 2022 | 5.780612304806709 |
| [Lesotho](/extreme-poverty/lesotho) | 2017 | 41.85849130153656 |
| [Liberia](/extreme-poverty/liberia) | 2016 | 33.558934926986694 |
| [Lithuania](/extreme-poverty/lithuania) | 2023 | 1.0979139246046543 |
| [Luxembourg](/extreme-poverty/luxembourg) | 2023 | 0.08513763314113021 |
| [Madagascar](/extreme-poverty/madagascar) | 2021 | 69.17263865470886 |
| [Malawi](/extreme-poverty/malawi) | 2019 | 75.43821930885315 |
| [Malaysia](/extreme-poverty/malaysia) | 2021 | 0.01308294158661738 |
| [Maldives](/extreme-poverty/maldives) | 2019 | 0 |
| [Mali](/extreme-poverty/mali) | 2021 | 36.103078722953796 |
| [Malta](/extreme-poverty/malta) | 2023 | 0.3938834182918072 |
| [Marshall Islands](/extreme-poverty/marshall-islands) | 2019 | 2.100958488881588 |
| [Mauritania](/extreme-poverty/mauritania) | 2019 | 10.221504420042038 |
| [Mauritius](/extreme-poverty/mauritius) | 2017 | 0.5401915870606899 |
| [Mexico](/extreme-poverty/mexico) | 2024 | 1.64585430175066 |
| [Micronesia (country)](/extreme-poverty/micronesia-country) | 2013 | 26.147079467773438 |
| [Moldova](/extreme-poverty/moldova) | 2024 | 0 |
| [Mongolia](/extreme-poverty/mongolia) | 2022 | 0.4398250952363014 |
| [Montenegro](/extreme-poverty/montenegro) | 2021 | 2.4937989190220833 |
| [Morocco](/extreme-poverty/morocco) | 2013 | 3.6758679896593094 |
| [Mozambique](/extreme-poverty/mozambique) | 2022 | 81.3613772392273 |
| [Myanmar](/extreme-poverty/myanmar) | 2017 | 10.266228765249252 |
| [Namibia](/extreme-poverty/namibia) | 2015 | 22.863061726093292 |
| [Nauru](/extreme-poverty/nauru) | 2012 | 9.718574583530426 |
| [Nepal](/extreme-poverty/nepal) | 2022 | 2.4363145232200623 |
| [Netherlands](/extreme-poverty/netherlands) | 2021 | 0.09726311545819044 |
| [Nicaragua](/extreme-poverty/nicaragua) | 2014 | 6.570377945899963 |
| [Niger](/extreme-poverty/niger) | 2021 | 60.489869117736816 |
| [Nigeria](/extreme-poverty/nigeria) | 2022 | 41.81954860687256 |
| [North Macedonia](/extreme-poverty/north-macedonia) | 2019 | 3.9403513073921204 |
| [Norway](/extreme-poverty/norway) | 2023 | 0.19705931190401316 |
| [Pakistan](/extreme-poverty/pakistan) | 2024 | 22.956307232379913 |
| [Palestine](/extreme-poverty/palestine) | 2023 | 2.0733127370476723 |
| [Panama](/extreme-poverty/panama) | 2024 | 3.1258318573236465 |
| [Papua New Guinea](/extreme-poverty/papua-new-guinea) | 2009 | 52.21028923988342 |
| [Paraguay](/extreme-poverty/paraguay) | 2024 | 2.105332911014557 |
| [Peru](/extreme-poverty/peru) | 2024 | 5.1405638456344604 |
| [Philippines](/extreme-poverty/philippines) | 2023 | 11.531732976436615 |
| [Poland](/extreme-poverty/poland) | 2023 | 0.2441274467855692 |
| [Portugal](/extreme-poverty/portugal) | 2023 | 0.41326326318085194 |
| [Qatar](/extreme-poverty/qatar) | 2017 | 0 |
| [Romania](/extreme-poverty/romania) | 2023 | 0.7001521531492472 |
| [Russia](/extreme-poverty/russia) | 2020 | 0.04168040177319199 |
| [Rwanda](/extreme-poverty/rwanda) | 2023 | 38.55049014091492 |
| [Saint Lucia](/extreme-poverty/saint-lucia) | 2015 | 6.403649598360062 |
| [Samoa](/extreme-poverty/samoa) | 2013 | 4.4585637748241425 |
| [Sao Tome and Principe](/extreme-poverty/sao-tome-and-principe) | 2017 | 13.006116449832916 |
| [Senegal](/extreme-poverty/senegal) | 2021 | 17.887471616268158 |
| [Serbia](/extreme-poverty/serbia) | 2023 | 1.0941900312900543 |
| [Seychelles](/extreme-poverty/seychelles) | 2018 | 0.6736329291015863 |
| [Sierra Leone](/extreme-poverty/sierra-leone) | 2018 | 41.485199332237244 |
| [Slovakia](/extreme-poverty/slovakia) | 2023 | 0.4521372728049755 |
| [Slovenia](/extreme-poverty/slovenia) | 2023 | 0 |
| [Solomon Islands](/extreme-poverty/solomon-islands) | 2012 | 40.30148684978485 |
| [South Africa](/extreme-poverty/south-africa) | 2022 | 17.435920238494873 |
| [South Korea](/extreme-poverty/south-korea) | 2021 | 0.10000000474974513 |
| [South Sudan](/extreme-poverty/south-sudan) | 2016 | 76.50264501571655 |
| [Spain](/extreme-poverty/spain) | 2023 | 0.8134083822369576 |
| [Sri Lanka](/extreme-poverty/sri-lanka) | 2019 | 2.7054540812969208 |
| [Sudan](/extreme-poverty/sudan) | 2014 | 10.099956393241882 |
| [Suriname](/extreme-poverty/suriname) | 2022 | 2.1780425682663918 |
| [Sweden](/extreme-poverty/sweden) | 2023 | 0.8379480801522732 |
| [Switzerland](/extreme-poverty/switzerland) | 2023 | 0.06956272409297526 |
| [Syria](/extreme-poverty/syria) | 2022 | 17.96185076236725 |
| [Taiwan](/extreme-poverty/taiwan) | 2021 | 0.10000000474974513 |
| [Tajikistan](/extreme-poverty/tajikistan) | 2024 | 6.133540719747543 |
| [Tanzania](/extreme-poverty/tanzania) | 2018 | 51.34686827659607 |
| [Thailand](/extreme-poverty/thailand) | 2024 | 0.014684569032397121 |
| [Togo](/extreme-poverty/togo) | 2021 | 34.66113209724426 |
| [Tonga](/extreme-poverty/tonga) | 2021 | 0.4088190384209156 |
| [Trinidad and Tobago](/extreme-poverty/trinidad-and-tobago) | 1992 | 3.237999975681305 |
| [Tunisia](/extreme-poverty/tunisia) | 2021 | 0.6540433503687382 |
| [Turkey](/extreme-poverty/turkey) | 2023 | 0.17505723517388105 |
| [Turkmenistan](/extreme-poverty/turkmenistan) | 1998 | 35.07585823535919 |
| [Tuvalu](/extreme-poverty/tuvalu) | 2010 | 8.990787714719772 |
| [Uganda](/extreme-poverty/uganda) | 2023 | 54.3621301651001 |
| [Ukraine](/extreme-poverty/ukraine) | 2020 | 0.03376775130163878 |
| [United Arab Emirates](/extreme-poverty/united-arab-emirates) | 2018 | 0 |
| [United Kingdom](/extreme-poverty/united-kingdom) | 2021 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| [United States](/extreme-poverty/united-states) | 2024 | 1.0999999940395355 |
| [Uruguay](/extreme-poverty/uruguay) | 2024 | 0.16715977108106017 |
| [Uzbekistan](/extreme-poverty/uzbekistan) | 2025 | 2.3006621748209 |
| [Vanuatu](/extreme-poverty/vanuatu) | 2019 | 19.495603442192078 |
| [Venezuela](/extreme-poverty/venezuela) | 2006 | 9.712059795856476 |
| [Vietnam](/extreme-poverty/vietnam) | 2022 | 1.60335972905159 |
| [Yemen](/extreme-poverty/yemen) | 2014 | 33.30049514770508 |
| [Zambia](/extreme-poverty/zambia) | 2022 | 71.6561496257782 |
| [Zimbabwe](/extreme-poverty/zimbabwe) | 2019 | 49.21989440917969 |

## Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

| Region or group | Latest year | Value (%) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| [Argentina (urban)](/extreme-poverty/argentina-urban) | 2024 | 0.9636804461479187 |
| [Bolivia (urban)](/extreme-poverty/bolivia-urban) | 1992 | 13.803379237651825 |
| [China (rural)](/extreme-poverty/china-rural) | 2022 | 0 |
| [China (urban)](/extreme-poverty/china-urban) | 2022 | 0 |
| [Colombia (urban)](/extreme-poverty/colombia-urban) | 1991 | 19.30299997329712 |
| [East Asia and Pacific (WB)](/extreme-poverty/east-asia-and-pacific-wb) | 2026 | 1.6270318999886513 |
| [Eastern and Southern Africa (WB)](/extreme-poverty/eastern-and-southern-africa-wb) | 2026 | 49.57956373691559 |
| [Ecuador (urban)](/extreme-poverty/ecuador-urban) | 1998 | 21.13676518201828 |
| [Ethiopia (rural)](/extreme-poverty/ethiopia-rural) | 1981 | 77.1809995174408 |
| [Europe and Central Asia (WB)](/extreme-poverty/europe-and-central-asia-wb) | 2026 | 0.5026641301810741 |
| [Honduras (urban)](/extreme-poverty/honduras-urban) | 1986 | 59.460002183914185 |
| [Kosovo](/extreme-poverty/kosovo) | 2022 | 9.9788099527359 |
| [Latin America and Caribbean (WB)](/extreme-poverty/latin-america-and-caribbean-wb) | 2026 | 4.049232229590416 |
| [Micronesia (country) (urban)](/extreme-poverty/micronesia-country-urban) | 2000 | 50.58307647705078 |
| [Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)](/extreme-poverty/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-wb) | 2026 | 14.473684132099152 |
| [North America (WB)](/extreme-poverty/north-america-wb) | 2026 | 0.9283225983381271 |
| [Rwanda (rural)](/extreme-poverty/rwanda-rural) | 1984 | 73.52499961853027 |
| [South Asia (WB)](/extreme-poverty/south-asia-wb) | 2026 | 1.6873352229595184 |
| [Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)](/extreme-poverty/sub-saharan-africa-wb) | 2026 | 43.26183795928955 |
| [Suriname (urban)](/extreme-poverty/suriname-urban) | 1999 | 20.6021249294281 |
| [Uruguay (urban)](/extreme-poverty/uruguay-urban) | 2005 | 1.522471010684967 |
| [Western and Central Africa (WB)](/extreme-poverty/western-and-central-africa-wb) | 2026 | 33.902496099472046 |
| [World](/extreme-poverty/world) | 2026 | 9.793788939714432 |
| [World (excluding China)](/extreme-poverty/world-excluding-china) | 2026 | 11.791524291038513 |
| [World (excluding India)](/extreme-poverty/world-excluding-india) | 2026 | 11.616630852222443 |

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