The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 Economy

Population below poverty line In 26 editions of 36.

Population below poverty line was published in 26 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2025. The 2023 edition carries it in 226 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition
226
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population below poverty line” (1999 to 2025).

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Entries with Population below poverty line in each edition

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Africa

55 entries

Algeria

5.5% (2011 est.)

Angola

32.3% (2018 est.)

Benin

38.5% (2019 est.)

Botswana

19.3% (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso

41.4% (2018 est.)

Burundi

64.6% (2014 est.)

Cabo Verde

35% (2015 est.)

Cameroon

37.5% (2014 est.)

Central African Republic

62% (2008 est.) NA

Chad

42.3% (2018 est.)

Comoros

42.4% (2013 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

63% (2014 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

40.9% (2011 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

39.5% (2018 est.)

Djibouti

21.1% (2017 est.)

Egypt

32.5% (2017 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

44% (2011 est.)

Eritrea

50% (2004 est.)

Eswatini

58.9% (2016 est.)

Ethiopia

23.5% (2015 est.)

Gabon

33.4% (2017 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

48.6% (2015 est.)

Ghana

23.4% (2016 est.)

Guinea

43.7% (2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

67% (2015 est.)

Kenya

36.1% (2015 est.)

Lesotho

49.7% (2017 est.)

Liberia

50.9% (2016 est.)

Libya

note: about one-third of Libyans live at or below the national poverty line

Madagascar

70.7% (2012 est.)

Malawi

51.5% (2016 est.)

Mali

42.1% (2019 est.)

Mauritania

31% (2014 est.)

Mauritius

10.3% (2017 est.)

Morocco

4.8% (2013 est.)

Mozambique

46.1% (2014 est.)

Namibia

17.4% (2015 est.)

Niger

40.8% (2018 est.)

Nigeria

40.1% (2018 est.)

Rwanda

38.2% (2016 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

66.7% (2017 est.)

Senegal

46.7% (2011 est.)

Seychelles

25.3% (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

56.8% (2018 est.)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

55.5% (2014 est.)

South Sudan

76.4% (2016 est.)

Sudan

46.5% (2009 est.)

Tanzania

26.4% (2017 est.)

Togo

55.1% (2015 est.)

Tunisia

15.2% (2015 est.)

Uganda

21.4% (2016 est.)

Zambia

54.4% (2015 est.)

Zimbabwe

38.3% (2019 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

16.2% (2015 est.)

Iceland

8.8% (2017 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

54.5% (2016 est.)

Armenia

26.4% (2019 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.9% (2015 est.)

Bangladesh

24.3% (2016 est.)

Bhutan

8.2% (2017 est.)

China

0.6% (2019 est.)

Georgia

19.5% (2019 est.)

India

21.9% (2011 est.)

Japan

16.1% (2013 est.)

Kazakhstan

4.3% (2018 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

14.4% (2016 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

20.1% (2019 est.)

Maldives

8.2% (2016 est.)

Mongolia

28.4% (2018 est.)

Nepal

25.2% (2011 est.)

Pakistan

24.3% (2015 est.)

Russia

12.6% (2018 est.)

Sri Lanka

4.1% (2016 est.)

Tajikistan

26.3% (2019 est.)

Turkmenistan

0.2% (2012 est.)

Uzbekistan

14.1% (2013 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

28 entries

Anguilla

23% (2002 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

NA

Aruba

NA

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

9.3% (2010 est.)

Barbados

NA

Belize

41% (2013 est.)

British Virgin Islands

NA

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

21% (2019 est.)

Cuba

NA

Dominica

29% (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic

21% (2019 est.)

El Salvador

22.8% (2019 est.)

Grenada

38% (2008 est.)

Guatemala

59.3% (2014 est.)

Haiti

58.5% (2012 est.)

Honduras

48.3% (2018 est.)

Jamaica

17.1% (2016 est.)

Montserrat

NA

Nicaragua

24.9% (2016 est.)

Panama

22.1% (2016 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

NA

Saint Lucia

25% (2016 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

20% (2014 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Virgin Islands

28.9% (2002 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

14.3% (2012 est.)

Austria

13.3% (2018 est.)

Belarus

5% (2019 est.)

Belgium

14.8% (2018 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16.9% (2015 est.)

Bulgaria

23.8% (2019 est.)

Croatia

18.3% (2018 est.)

Czechia

10.1% (2018 est.)

Denmark

12.5% (2018 est.)

Estonia

21.7% (2018 est.)

European Union

9.8% (2013 est.)

note: see individual country entries of member states

Faroe Islands

10% (2015 est.)

Finland

12.2% (2019 est.)

France

13.6% (2018 est.)

Germany

14.8% (2018 est.)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

17.9% (2018 est.)

Guernsey

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

12.3% (2018 est.)

Ireland

13.1% (2018 est.)

Isle of Man

NA

Italy

20.1% (2018 est.)

Jersey

NA

Kosovo

17.6% (2015 est.)

Latvia

22.9% (2018 est.)

Liechtenstein

NA

Lithuania

20.6% (2018 est.)

Luxembourg

17.5% (2018 est.)

Malta

17.1% (2018 est.)

Moldova

7.3% (2018 est.)

Monaco

NA

Montenegro

24.5% (2018 est.)

Netherlands

13.6% (2019 est.)

North Macedonia

21.6% (2018 est.)

Norway

12.7% (2018 est.)

Poland

15.4% (2018 est.)

Portugal

17.2% (2018 est.)

Romania

23.8% (2018 est.)

San Marino

NA

Serbia

23.2% (2018 est.)

Slovakia

11.9% (2018 est.)

Slovenia

12% (2018 est.)

Spain

20.7% (2018 est.)

Sweden

17.1% (2018 est.)

Switzerland

16% (2018 est.)

Ukraine

1.1% (2019 est.)

United Kingdom

18.6% (2017 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

NA

Cyprus

14.7% (2018 est.)

Gaza Strip

30% (2011 est.)

note: data exclude the West Bank

Iran

18.7% (2007 est.)

Iraq

23% (2014 est.)

Israel

22% (2014 est.)

note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day

Jordan

15.7% (2018 est.)

Kuwait

NA

Lebanon

27.4% (2011 est.)

Oman

NA

Qatar

NA

Saudi Arabia

NA

Syria

82.5% (2014 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

14.4% (2018 est.)

United Arab Emirates

19.5% (2003 est.)

West Bank

18% (2011 est.)

Yemen

48.6% (2014 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11% (2008 est.)

Canada

9.4% (2008 est.)

note: this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off, a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line

Mexico

41.9% (2018 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

15.1% (2010 est.)

Oceania

22 entries

American Samoa

NA

Cook Islands

NA

Fiji

29.9% (2019 est.)

French Polynesia

19.7% (2009 est.)

Guam

23% (2001 est.)

Kiribati

NA

Marshall Islands

NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

41.2% (2013 est.)

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

17% (2008)

New Zealand

NA

Niue

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

24.9% (2006) NA

Papua New Guinea

37% (2002 est.)

Samoa

20.3% (2013 est.)

Solomon Islands

12.7% (2012 est.)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

22.5% (2010 est.)

Tuvalu

26.3% (2010 est.)

Vanuatu

NA

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

35.5% (2019 est.)

Bolivia

37.2% (2019 est.)

Brazil

4.2% (2016 est.)

note: approximately 4% of the population are below the "extreme" poverty line

Chile

8.6% (2017 est.)

Colombia

35.7% (2019 est.)

Ecuador

25% (2019 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

35% (2006 est.)

Paraguay

23.5% (2019 est.)

Peru

20.2% (2019 est.)

Suriname

70% (2002 est.)

Uruguay

8.8% (2019 est.)

Venezuela

33.1% (2015 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

NA

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

24.8% (2017 est.)

Cambodia

16.5% (2016 est.)

Hong Kong

19.9% (2016 est.)

Indonesia

9.4% (2019 est.)

Laos

18.3% (2018 est.)

Macau

NA

Malaysia

5.6% (2018 est.)

Philippines

16.7% (2018 est.)

Singapore

NA

Taiwan

1.5% (2012 est.)

Thailand

9.9% (2018 est.)

Timor-Leste

41.8% (2014 est.)

Vietnam

6.7% (2018 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Population below poverty line”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-below-poverty-line/2023.

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