Countries by Poverty Headcount

Global country ranking by poverty headcount with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Poverty Headcount
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11

Full ranking · Poverty Headcount

SI.POV.NAHC
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Nigeria 56.2 open
2 Yemen 48.6 open
3 Afghanistan 47.1 open
4 Timor-Leste 41.8 open
5 Micronesia 41.2 open
6 Papua New Guinea 39.9 open
7 Kenya 39.8 open
8 Argentina 38.1 open
9 South Africa 37.9 open
10 Syria 35.2 open
11 Egypt 33.5 open
12 Ethiopia 33.1 open
13 West Bank and Gaza 32.8 open
14 Colombia 31.8 open
15 Mexico 29.6 open
16 Peru 27.6 open
17 Lebanon 27.4 open
18 Mongolia 27.1 open
19 Tuvalu 26.3 open
20 Kyrgyzstan 25.7 open
21 Palau 24.9 open
22 Myanmar 24.8 open
23 Fiji 24.1 open
24 Ghana 23.4 open
25 Ukraine 23.2 open
26 Estonia 22.5 open
27 Latvia 22.5 open
28 India 21.9 open
29 Pakistan 21.9 open
30 Samoa 21.9 open
31 Bulgaria 21.7 open
32 Armenia 21.7 open
33 Lithuania 20.9 open
34 Tonga 20.6 open
35 Croatia 20.3 open
36 Nepal 20.3 open
37 Spain 20.2 open
38 Italy 20.1 open
39 Tajikistan 19.8 open
40 Serbia 19.7 open
41 Romania 19 open
42 Greece 18.8 open
43 Bangladesh 18.7 open
44 United Kingdom 18.6 open
45 Cambodia 17.7 open
46 Iraq 17.5 open
47 Luxembourg 17.3 open
48 Tunisia 16.6 open
49 Portugal 16.4 open
50 Sweden 16.1 open
51 Vanuatu 15.9 open
52 Switzerland 15.8 open
53 Jordan 15.7 open
54 France 15.6 open
55 Philippines 15.5 open
56 Laos 15 open
57 Germany 14.8 open
58 Austria 14.8 open
59 Netherlands 14.5 open
60 Sri Lanka 14.3 open
61 Ireland 14 open
62 Cyprus 13.9 open
63 Slovakia 13.7 open
64 Poland 13.3 open
65 Turkey 13 open
66 Slovenia 12.7 open
67 Solomon Islands 12.7 open
68 Denmark 12.4 open
69 Bhutan 12.4 open
70 Belgium 12.3 open
71 Norway 12.2 open
72 Finland 12.2 open
73 Hungary 12.1 open
74 Czech Republic 10.2 open
75 Georgia 9.4 open
76 Indonesia 9 open
77 Iceland 8.8 open
78 Russia 7.2 open
79 Marshall Islands 7.2 open
80 Chile 6.5 open
81 Azerbaijan 6 open
82 Uzbekistan 5.8 open
83 Algeria 5.5 open
84 Kiribati 5.5 open
85 Thailand 5.4 open
86 Maldives 5.4 open
87 Malaysia 5.1 open
88 Kazakhstan 5 open
89 Vietnam 4.2 open
90 Morocco 3.9 open
91 China 0 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

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Countries by Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: poverty headcount by country, global poverty headcount ranking, country ranking poverty headcount, best countries by poverty headcount.