Countries by Poverty Headcount

Compare countries by poverty headcount using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Poverty Headcount
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

Full ranking · Poverty Headcount

SI.POV.NAHC
Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Nigeria 56.2 high open
2 Kenya 39.8 high open
3 Argentina 38.1 high open
4 South Africa 37.9 high open
5 Egypt 33.5 high open
6 Ethiopia 33.1 medium open
7 Colombia 31.8 medium open
8 Mexico 29.6 medium open
9 Peru 27.6 medium open
10 Ghana 23.4 medium open
11 Ukraine 23.2 medium open
12 Estonia 22.5 medium open
13 Latvia 22.5 lower open
14 India 21.9 lower open
15 Pakistan 21.9 lower open
16 Bulgaria 21.7 lower open
17 Lithuania 20.9 lower open
18 Croatia 20.3 lower open
19 Spain 20.2 lower open
20 Italy 20.1 lower open
21 Serbia 19.7 lower open
22 Romania 19 lower open
23 Greece 18.8 lower open
24 Bangladesh 18.7 lower open
25 United Kingdom 18.6 lower open
26 Luxembourg 17.3 lower open
27 Tunisia 16.6 lower open
28 Portugal 16.4 lower open
29 Sweden 16.1 lower open
30 Switzerland 15.8 lower open
31 Jordan 15.7 lower open
32 France 15.6 lower open
33 Philippines 15.5 lower open
34 Germany 14.8 lower open
35 Austria 14.8 lower open
36 Netherlands 14.5 lower open
37 Ireland 14 lower open
38 Slovakia 13.7 lower open
39 Poland 13.3 lower open
40 Turkey 13 lower open
41 Slovenia 12.7 lower open
42 Denmark 12.4 lower open
43 Belgium 12.3 lower open
44 Norway 12.2 lower open
45 Finland 12.2 lower open
46 Hungary 12.1 lower open
47 Czech Republic 10.2 lower open
48 Indonesia 9 lower open
49 Iceland 8.8 lower open
50 Russia 7.2 lower open
51 Chile 6.5 lower open
52 Algeria 5.5 lower open
53 Thailand 5.4 lower open
54 Malaysia 5.1 lower open
55 Kazakhstan 5 lower open
56 Vietnam 4.2 lower open
57 Morocco 3.9 lower open
58 China 0 lower open

Ranking interpretation

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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.