| # | Flag | Country | Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%)Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 73.4% | 2012 | |
| 2 | Madagascar | 73.4% | 2012 | |
| 3 | Burundi | 69.3% | 2013 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 68.9% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 66.6% | 2008 | |
| 6 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.4% | 2010 | |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 64.7% | 2003 | |
| 8 | Mozambique | 63.5% | 2014 | |
| 9 | Lesotho | 63.3% | 2010 | |
| 10 | Zambia | 60% | 2015 | |
| 11 | Rwanda | 59.9% | 2016 | |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 59.6% | 2011 | |
| 13 | Nigeria | 59.6% | 2009 | |
| 14 | Benin | 59.2% | 2015 | |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 58.8% | 1998 | |
| 16 | Mali | 58.3% | 2009 | |
| 17 | Tanzania | 57.8% | 2011 | |
| 18 | Togo | 56.2% | 2015 | |
| 19 | Niger | 55.9% | 2014 | |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 54.9% | 2014 | |
| 21 | Liberia | 53.9% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Uganda | 52% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Guinea | 51.7% | 2012 | |
| 24 | East Timor | 51.5% | 2014 | |
| 25 | South Sudan | 51.3% | 2009 | |
| 26 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 50.7% | 2010 | |
| 27 | Chad | 50.6% | 2011 | |
| 28 | Senegal | 50.5% | 2011 | |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 50.2% | 2009 | |
| 30 | Swaziland | 49.7% | 2009 | |
| 31 | Kenya | 49.2% | 2015 | |
| 32 | Republic of the Congo | 47.6% | 2011 | |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 45.4% | 2015 | |
| 34 | Ivory Coast | 43.6% | 2015 | |
| 35 | India | 43.5% | 2011 | |
| 36 | Solomon Islands | 43.5% | 2013 | |
| 37 | Angola | 42.9% | 2008 | |
| 38 | Laos | 42.9% | 2012 | |
| 39 | Haiti | 39.8% | 2012 | |
| 40 | Yemen | 39.3% | 2014 | |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 39.2% | 2016 | |
| 42 | Nepal | 38.5% | 2010 | |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 36.1% | 2011 | |
| 44 | Cameroon | 35% | 2014 | |
| 45 | Suriname | 34.3% | 1999 | |
| 46 | Sudan | 32.6% | 2009 | |
| 47 | Djibouti | 32.5% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Federated States of Micronesia | 31.6% | 2013 | |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 31.6% | 2010 | |
| 50 | Comoros | 30.5% | 2013 | |
| 51 | Gambia | 30.1% | 2015 | |
| 52 | Botswana | 29.4% | 2015 | |
| 53 | South Africa | 29.2% | 2014 | |
| 54 | Kiribati | 29.1% | 2006 | |
| 55 | Pakistan | 28.8% | 2015 | |
| 56 | Philippines | 26% | 2015 | |
| 57 | Honduras | 25.9% | 2017 | |
| 58 | Myanmar | 25.7% | 2015 | |
| 59 | Ghana | 25.4% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Guyana | 25% | 1998 | |
| 61 | Belize | 24% | 1999 | |
| 62 | Namibia | 23.7% | 2015 | |
| 63 | Indonesia | 22.7% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Mauritania | 21.6% | 2014 | |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 21.5% | 2007 | |
| 66 | Maldives | 21% | 2009 | |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.9% | 2017 | |
| 68 | Guatemala | 20.4% | 2014 | |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 18.9% | 2015 | |
| 70 | Egypt | 18.5% | 2015 | |
| 71 | Iraq | 18.4% | 2012 | |
| 72 | Venezuela | 16.9% | 2006 | |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 16.1% | 2010 | |
| 74 | Syria | 15.8% | 2004 | |
| 75 | Georgia | 15.5% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Fiji | 14.9% | 2013 | |
| 77 | Armenia | 14.4% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Bhutan | 12.1% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 12.1% | 2014 | |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.8% | 1992 | |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 11.6% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Mexico | 11.2% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Romania | 11% | 2015 | |
| 84 | Gabon | 10.8% | 2017 | |
| 85 | Bolivia | 10.4% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Albania | 10.3% | 2012 | |
| 87 | Colombia | 10.2% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Samoa | 9.8% | 2013 | |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 9.4% | 2016 | |
| 90 | Jamaica | 9.3% | 2004 | |
| 91 | Republic of Macedonia | 9% | 2015 | |
| 92 | Peru | 8.9% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Vietnam | 8.9% | 2016 | |
| 94 | El Salvador | 8.8% | 2017 | |
| 95 | Morocco | 8.8% | 2013 | |
| 96 | Brazil | 8.7% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Mongolia | 8.4% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Ecuador | 8.2% | 2017 | |
| 99 | Tonga | 8% | 2015 | |
| 100 | China | 7.8% | 2015 | |
| 101 | Algeria | 6.7% | 2011 | |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 6.3% | 2016 | |
| 103 | Paraguay | 5.8% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Panama | 5.6% | 2017 | |
| 105 | Kosovo | 4.7% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Tunisia | 4.4% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Mauritius | 4.4% | 2012 | |
| 108 | Jordan | 3.8% | 2010 | |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 3.4% | 2014 | |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 3.1% | 2017 | |
| 111 | Iran | 3% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Moldova | 3% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Greece | 2.8% | 2015 | |
| 114 | Turkey | 2.5% | 2016 | |
| 115 | Seychelles | 2.4% | 2013 | |
| 116 | Italy | 2.3% | 2015 | |
| 117 | Argentina | 2.1% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Chile | 2% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Serbia | 1.6% | 2015 | |
| 120 | Croatia | 1.6% | 2015 | |
| 121 | Lithuania | 1.6% | 2015 | |
| 122 | Latvia | 1.5% | 2015 | |
| 123 | Spain | 1.5% | 2015 | |
| 124 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2017 | |
| 125 | United States | 1.4% | 2016 | |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 1.3% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Ukraine | 1.2% | 2016 | |
| 128 | Hungary | 1.1% | 2015 | |
| 129 | Portugal | 1.1% | 2015 | |
| 130 | Montenegro | 1.1% | 2014 | |
| 131 | Slovakia | 1% | 2015 | |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.9% | 2015 | |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2011 | |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 0.9% | 2005 | |
| 135 | Australia | 0.8% | 2014 | |
| 136 | Israel | 0.8% | 2016 | |
| 137 | Austria | 0.7% | 2015 | |
| 138 | Uruguay | 0.6% | 2017 | |
| 139 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2015 | |
| 140 | South Korea | 0.5% | 2012 | |
| 141 | Japan | 0.5% | 2008 | |
| 142 | Malaysia | 0.5% | 2015 | |
| 143 | Russia | 0.5% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Canada | 0.5% | 2013 | |
| 145 | Republic of Ireland | 0.4% | 2015 | |
| 146 | Poland | 0.3% | 2016 | |
| 147 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2015 | |
| 148 | Lebanon | 0.3% | 2011 | |
| 149 | Luxembourg | 0.3% | 2015 | |
| 150 | Norway | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 151 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 152 | France | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 153 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 154 | Germany | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 155 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 157 | Malta | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 158 | Finland | 0.1% | 2015 | |
| 159 | Switzerland | 0% | 2015 | |
| 160 | Slovenia | 0% | 2015 | |
| 161 | Cyprus | 0% | 2015 | |
| 162 | Czech Republic | 0% | 2015 | |
| 163 | Iceland | 0% | 2014 |