Interesting Topics / World Countries Population living below National Poverty Line
The population percentage living below national poverty line (%) as per World Bank.
S.No |
Country |
Poverty Line as per World Bank |
Year |
1 |
Malaysia |
0.004 |
2009 |
2 |
Ukraine |
0.024 |
2016 |
3 |
Kazakhstan |
0.025 |
2016 |
4 |
China |
0.031 |
2016 |
5 |
Pakistan |
0.039 |
2013 |
6 |
Sri Lanka |
0.041 |
2012 |
7 |
Morocco |
0.048 |
2007 |
8 |
Algeria |
0.055 |
2006 |
9 |
Belarus |
0.059 |
2016 |
10 |
Azerbaijan |
0.06 |
2015 |
11 |
Mauritius |
0.079 |
2006 |
12 |
Uruguay |
0.079 |
2015 |
13 |
Bhutan |
0.082 |
2012 |
14 |
Maldives |
0.082 |
2009 |
15 |
Chile |
0.086 |
2013 |
16 |
Thailand |
0.086 |
2015 |
17 |
Moldova |
0.096 |
2015 |
18 |
Czech Republic |
0.097 |
2015 |
19 |
Vietnam |
0.098 |
2017 |
20 |
Indonesia |
0.106 |
2016 |
21 |
Slovakia |
0.126 |
2015 |
22 |
Solomon Islands |
0.127 |
N/A |
23 |
Vanuatu |
0.127 |
N/A |
24 |
Russia |
0.132 |
2015 |
25 |
Turkey |
0.135 |
2015 |
26 |
Uzbekistan |
0.141 |
2016 |
27 |
Albania |
0.143 |
2012 |
28 |
Slovenia |
0.143 |
2016 |
29 |
Jordan |
0.144 |
2002 |
30 |
Hungary |
0.149 |
2015 |
31 |
Poland |
0.15 |
2015 |
32 |
Tunisia |
0.152 |
2010 |
33 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.169 |
2015 |
34 |
Namibia |
0.174 |
2010 |
35 |
Kosovo |
0.176 |
2015 |
36 |
Cambodia |
0.177 |
2016 |
37 |
Iraq |
0.189 |
2014 |
38 |
Botswana |
0.193 |
2009 |
39 |
Croatia |
0.195 |
2015 |
40 |
Jamaica |
0.199 |
2016 |
41 |
Costa Rica |
0.2 |
2014 |
42 |
Samoa |
0.203 |
N/A |
43 |
Djibouti |
0.211 |
2015 |
44 |
Uganda |
0.214 |
2017 |
45 |
Mongolia |
0.216 |
2016 |
46 |
Philippines |
0.216 |
2017 |
47 |
Peru |
0.217 |
2014 |
48 |
Estonia |
0.218 |
2016 |
49 |
Kiribati |
0.218 |
N/A |
50 |
Georgia |
0.219 |
2010 |
51 |
India |
0.219 |
2011 |
52 |
Panama |
0.221 |
2015 |
53 |
Lithuania |
0.222 |
2015 |
54 |
North Macedonia |
0.222 |
2015 |
55 |
Latvia |
0.225 |
2015 |
56 |
Tonga |
0.225 |
2010 |
57 |
Ecuador |
0.232 |
2017 |
58 |
Bulgaria |
0.234 |
2016 |
59 |
Ghana |
0.234 |
2013 |
60 |
Laos |
0.234 |
2013 |
61 |
Ethiopia |
0.235 |
2014 |
62 |
Romania |
0.236 |
2012 |
63 |
Montenegro |
0.24 |
2013 |
64 |
Bangladesh |
0.243 |
2016 |
65 |
Nicaragua |
0.249 |
2015 |
66 |
Palau |
0.249 |
N/A |
67 |
Saint Lucia |
0.25 |
N/A |
68 |
Nepal |
0.252 |
2011 |
69 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0.256 |
2015 |
70 |
Argentina |
0.257 |
2017 |
71 |
Armenia |
0.257 |
2013 |
72 |
Serbia |
0.257 |
2014 |
73 |
Tuvalu |
0.263 |
2010 |
74 |
Paraguay |
0.264 |
2015 |
75 |
Brazil |
0.265 |
2016 |
76 |
Colombia |
0.27 |
2017 |
77 |
Lebanon |
0.274 |
2004 |
78 |
Egypt |
0.278 |
2016 |
79 |
Tanzania |
0.282 |
2015 |
80 |
El Salvador |
0.292 |
2016 |
81 |
Palestine |
0.292 |
N/A |
82 |
Dominican Republic |
0.305 |
2016 |
83 |
Mauritania |
0.31 |
2014 |
84 |
Tajikistan |
0.313 |
2016 |
85 |
Myanmar |
0.321 |
2016 |
86 |
Venezuela |
0.331 |
2015 |
87 |
Gabon |
0.334 |
2015 |
88 |
Fiji |
0.34 |
2009 |
89 |
Cape Verde |
0.35 |
2000 |
90 |
Syria |
0.352 |
2014 |
91 |
Kenya |
0.361 |
2016 |
92 |
Bolivia |
0.364 |
2015 |
93 |
Angola |
0.366 |
2008 |
94 |
Cameroon |
0.375 |
2001 |
95 |
Rwanda |
0.382 |
2015 |
96 |
Seychelles |
0.393 |
2013 |
97 |
Papua New Guinea |
0.399 |
2002 |
98 |
Benin |
0.401 |
2011 |
99 |
Burkina Faso |
0.401 |
2009 |
100 |
Mali |
0.411 |
2005 |
101 |
Micronesia |
0.412 |
2000 |
102 |
East Timor |
0.418 |
2014 |
103 |
Comoros |
0.424 |
2004 |
104 |
Mexico |
0.436 |
2014 |
105 |
Niger |
0.445 |
2014 |
106 |
Nigeria |
0.46 |
2010 |
107 |
Mozambique |
0.461 |
2015 |
108 |
Ivory Coast |
0.463 |
2015 |
109 |
Congo, Republic of the |
0.465 |
2011 |
110 |
Sudan |
0.465 |
2009 |
111 |
Chad |
0.467 |
2011 |
112 |
Senegal |
0.467 |
2011 |
113 |
Gambia, The |
0.486 |
2010 |
114 |
Yemen |
0.486 |
2014 |
115 |
Liberia |
0.509 |
2014 |
116 |
Malawi |
0.515 |
2010 |
117 |
Sierra Leone |
0.529 |
2004 |
118 |
Zambia |
0.544 |
2015 |
119 |
Afghanistan |
0.545 |
2017 |
120 |
Togo |
0.551 |
2015 |
121 |
Guinea |
0.552 |
2006 |
122 |
South Africa |
0.555 |
2016 |
123 |
Lesotho |
0.571 |
2016 |
124 |
Haiti |
0.585 |
2012 |
125 |
Guatemala |
0.593 |
2014 |
126 |
Honduras |
0.619 |
2014 |
127 |
Central African Republic |
0.62 |
N/A |
128 |
Eswatini |
0.63 |
2010 |
129 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
0.639 |
2014 |
130 |
Burundi |
0.649 |
2014 |
131 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.662 |
2009 |
132 |
Eritrea |
0.69 |
2004 |
133 |
Guinea-Bissau |
0.693 |
2015 |
134 |
Madagascar |
0.707 |
2012 |
135 |
Zimbabwe |
0.723 |
2012 |
136 |
Equatorial Guinea |
0.768 |
2011 |
137 |
South Sudan |
0.823 |
2015 |
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