Countries ranked by extreme poverty rate

Every country ranked by extreme poverty rate, highest to lowest. Democratic Republic of Congo tops the list at 85.3%; Ukraine is lowest at 0.0%.

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Highest

1Democratic Republic of Congo85.3%
2Mozambique81.4%
3South Sudan76.5%
4Malawi75.4%
5Burundi74.2%

Lowest

164Ukraine0.0%
163Thailand0.0%
162Slovenia0.0%
161Russia0.0%
160Qatar0.0%

Full ranking — all 164 countries

#	Country	Extreme poverty rate
1	Democratic Republic of Congo	85.3%
2	Mozambique	81.4%
3	South Sudan	76.5%
4	Malawi	75.4%
5	Burundi	74.2%
6	Zambia	71.7%
7	Central African Republic	71.6%
8	Madagascar	69.2%
9	Haiti	65.1%
10	Niger	60.5%
11	Uganda	59.8%
12	Tanzania	51.3%
13	Zimbabwe	49.2%
14	Kenya	45.5%
15	Eswatini	44.5%
16	East Timor	44.0%
17	Burkina Faso	42.1%
18	Lesotho	41.9%
19	Nigeria	41.8%
20	Sierra Leone	41.5%
21	Solomon Islands	40.3%
22	Guinea-Bissau	39.9%
23	Chad	39.5%
24	Angola	39.3%
25	Congo	39.2%
26	Ghana	39.0%
27	Ethiopia	38.6%
28	Rwanda	38.6%
29	Mali	36.1%
30	Togo	34.7%
31	Liberia	33.6%
32	Yemen	33.3%
33	Benin	27.2%
34	Cameroon	26.7%
35	Micronesia (country)	26.1%
36	Djibouti	25.4%
37	Pakistan	23.0%
38	Namibia	22.9%
39	Gambia	22.0%
40	Botswana	21.4%
41	Cote d'Ivoire	20.8%
42	Vanuatu	19.5%
43	Syria	18.0%
44	Senegal	17.9%
45	South Africa	17.4%
46	Honduras	15.7%
47	Cape Verde	14.6%
48	Sao Tome and Principe	13.0%
49	Guinea	11.7%
50	Philippines	11.5%
51	Myanmar	10.3%
52	Mauritania	10.2%
53	Sudan	10.1%
54	Guatemala	9.7%
55	Nauru	9.7%
56	Tuvalu	9.0%
57	Equatorial Guinea	8.8%
58	Colombia	8.5%
59	Laos	7.1%
60	Nicaragua	6.6%
61	Saint Lucia	6.4%
62	Tajikistan	6.1%
63	Bangladesh	5.9%
64	Lebanon	5.8%
65	India	5.3%
66	Comoros	5.1%
67	Peru	5.1%
68	Fiji	4.7%
69	El Salvador	4.6%
70	Samoa	4.5%
71	Georgia	4.2%
72	Indonesia	4.0%
73	North Macedonia	3.9%
74	Gabon	3.8%
75	Morocco	3.7%
76	Ecuador	3.4%
77	Panama	3.1%
78	Brazil	3.0%
79	Sri Lanka	2.7%
80	Iran	2.5%
81	Montenegro	2.5%
82	Nepal	2.4%
83	Uzbekistan	2.3%
84	Kyrgyzstan	2.2%
85	Suriname	2.2%
86	Bolivia	2.1%
87	Marshall Islands	2.1%
88	Paraguay	2.1%
89	Palestine	2.1%
90	Barbados	1.7%
91	Mexico	1.6%
92	Vietnam	1.6%
93	Egypt	1.4%
94	Jamaica	1.4%
95	Japan	1.2%
96	Lithuania	1.1%
97	Serbia	1.1%
98	United States	1.1%
99	Bulgaria	1.0%
100	Belize	1.0%
101	Australia	0.9%
102	Hungary	0.9%
103	Italy	0.9%
104	Kiribati	0.9%
105	Armenia	0.8%
106	Costa Rica	0.8%
107	Dominican Republic	0.8%
108	Spain	0.8%
109	Grenada	0.8%
110	Sweden	0.8%
111	Germany	0.7%
112	Romania	0.7%
113	Seychelles	0.7%
114	Tunisia	0.7%
115	Greece	0.6%
116	Austria	0.5%
117	Iraq	0.5%
118	Mauritius	0.5%
119	Slovakia	0.5%
120	Chile	0.4%
121	Denmark	0.4%
122	United Kingdom	0.4%
123	Israel	0.4%
124	Latvia	0.4%
125	Malta	0.4%
126	Mongolia	0.4%
127	Portugal	0.4%
128	Tonga	0.4%
129	Albania	0.3%
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.3%
131	Canada	0.3%
132	Estonia	0.3%
133	Croatia	0.3%
134	Switzerland	0.2%
135	Finland	0.2%
136	Norway	0.2%
137	Poland	0.2%
138	Turkey	0.2%
139	Uruguay	0.2%
140	Belgium	0.1%
141	France	0.1%
142	Ireland	0.1%
143	Iceland	0.1%
144	Jordan	0.1%
145	South Korea	0.1%
146	Luxembourg	0.1%
147	Moldova	0.1%
148	Netherlands	0.1%
149	Taiwan	0.1%
150	United Arab Emirates	0.0%
151	Belarus	0.0%
152	Bhutan	0.0%
153	China	0.0%
154	Cyprus	0.0%
155	Czechia	0.0%
156	Algeria	0.0%
157	Kazakhstan	0.0%
158	Maldives	0.0%
159	Malaysia	0.0%
160	Qatar	0.0%
161	Russia	0.0%
162	Slovenia	0.0%
163	Thailand	0.0%
164	Ukraine	0.0%

Common questions

Which country has the highest extreme poverty rate?

Democratic Republic of Congo, at 85.3% — the highest of all 164 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest extreme poverty rate?

Ukraine, at 0.0%, ranks lowest among the 164 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

164 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

World Bank PIP (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: World Bank PIP (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive extreme poverty rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.