| # | Flag | Country | Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 97.7% | 2012 | |
| 2 | Madagascar | 97.3% | 2012 | |
| 3 | Burundi | 96.8% | 2013 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 96.7% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 96.4% | 2003 | |
| 6 | Mali | 94.9% | 2009 | |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 94.7% | 2011 | |
| 8 | East Timor | 94% | 2014 | |
| 9 | Niger | 93.4% | 2014 | |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 93.4% | 2010 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | 93.1% | 2011 | |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 92.8% | 2008 | |
| 13 | Turkmenistan | 92.5% | 1998 | |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 92.3% | 2014 | |
| 15 | Guinea | 92.3% | 2012 | |
| 16 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 92.3% | 2010 | |
| 17 | Liberia | 92.2% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Nigeria | 92.1% | 2009 | |
| 19 | Mozambique | 91.8% | 2014 | |
| 20 | Rwanda | 91.6% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Benin | 90.6% | 2015 | |
| 22 | Togo | 90.1% | 2015 | |
| 23 | Lesotho | 89.9% | 2010 | |
| 24 | Senegal | 88.1% | 2011 | |
| 25 | Uganda | 87.8% | 2016 | |
| 26 | Zambia | 87.2% | 2015 | |
| 27 | Papua New Guinea | 86.9% | 2009 | |
| 28 | India | 86.8% | 2011 | |
| 29 | Kenya | 86.5% | 2015 | |
| 30 | Chad | 86.2% | 2011 | |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 85% | 2015 | |
| 32 | Laos | 85% | 2012 | |
| 33 | South Sudan | 84.8% | 2009 | |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 84.7% | 2013 | |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 84.5% | 2016 | |
| 36 | Nepal | 83% | 2010 | |
| 37 | Republic of the Congo | 82.4% | 2011 | |
| 38 | Ivory Coast | 82.3% | 2015 | |
| 39 | Swaziland | 82% | 2009 | |
| 40 | Yemen | 81.6% | 2014 | |
| 41 | Angola | 79.4% | 2008 | |
| 42 | Haiti | 78.9% | 2012 | |
| 43 | Pakistan | 75.4% | 2015 | |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 74% | 2011 | |
| 45 | Sudan | 73.2% | 2009 | |
| 46 | Gambia | 72.5% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 72.3% | 2010 | |
| 48 | Djibouti | 70.6% | 2017 | |
| 49 | Kiribati | 69.4% | 2006 | |
| 50 | Federated States of Micronesia | 69.1% | 2013 | |
| 51 | Cameroon | 68.9% | 2014 | |
| 52 | Myanmar | 67.2% | 2015 | |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 66.4% | 2017 | |
| 54 | Philippines | 63.2% | 2015 | |
| 55 | Comoros | 62.7% | 2013 | |
| 56 | Egypt | 61.9% | 2015 | |
| 57 | Botswana | 60.4% | 2015 | |
| 58 | Mauritania | 58.8% | 2014 | |
| 59 | Indonesia | 58.7% | 2017 | |
| 60 | Iraq | 57.3% | 2012 | |
| 61 | South Africa | 57.1% | 2014 | |
| 62 | Ghana | 56.9% | 2016 | |
| 63 | Guyana | 56.4% | 1998 | |
| 64 | Suriname | 55.7% | 1999 | |
| 65 | Maldives | 54.3% | 2009 | |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 54.2% | 2015 | |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 53.1% | 2007 | |
| 68 | Belize | 53% | 1999 | |
| 69 | Honduras | 52.6% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Syria | 50.4% | 2004 | |
| 71 | Namibia | 50.1% | 2015 | |
| 72 | Armenia | 50% | 2017 | |
| 73 | Guatemala | 48.8% | 2014 | |
| 74 | Fiji | 48.6% | 2013 | |
| 75 | Tuvalu | 46.7% | 2010 | |
| 76 | Georgia | 43.6% | 2017 | |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 40.4% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Albania | 39.1% | 2012 | |
| 79 | Bhutan | 38.6% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Venezuela | 35.6% | 2006 | |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 34.8% | 2014 | |
| 82 | Mexico | 34.8% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Samoa | 33.9% | 2013 | |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.9% | 1992 | |
| 85 | Gabon | 32.2% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Mongolia | 32% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Morocco | 31.3% | 2013 | |
| 88 | Jamaica | 29.7% | 2004 | |
| 89 | Algeria | 29.2% | 2011 | |
| 90 | Vietnam | 29% | 2016 | |
| 91 | El Salvador | 29% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Colombia | 27.6% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Tonga | 27.5% | 2015 | |
| 94 | China | 27.2% | 2015 | |
| 95 | Romania | 25.7% | 2015 | |
| 96 | Bolivia | 24.7% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Peru | 23.9% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Ecuador | 23.2% | 2017 | |
| 99 | Republic of Macedonia | 23.1% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Kosovo | 21.6% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Brazil | 21% | 2017 | |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 20.3% | 2016 | |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 19.9% | 2016 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 18.6% | 2017 | |
| 105 | Tunisia | 18.3% | 2015 | |
| 106 | Jordan | 18.1% | 2010 | |
| 107 | Mauritius | 18.1% | 2012 | |
| 108 | Moldova | 16.3% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Panama | 14.1% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Iran | 11.6% | 2016 | |
| 111 | Turkey | 9.9% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 9.7% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 8.7% | 2014 | |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 8.6% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 8.2% | 2005 | |
| 116 | Thailand | 7.8% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Serbia | 7.4% | 2015 | |
| 118 | Argentina | 7.1% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Greece | 6.7% | 2015 | |
| 120 | Seychelles | 6.6% | 2013 | |
| 121 | Ukraine | 6.4% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Chile | 6.4% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Croatia | 5.5% | 2015 | |
| 124 | Montenegro | 4.8% | 2014 | |
| 125 | Lithuania | 4.2% | 2015 | |
| 126 | Latvia | 4% | 2015 | |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.9% | 2011 | |
| 128 | Italy | 3.5% | 2015 | |
| 129 | Spain | 3.2% | 2015 | |
| 130 | Slovakia | 3% | 2015 | |
| 131 | Portugal | 3% | 2015 | |
| 132 | Uruguay | 2.9% | 2017 | |
| 133 | Hungary | 2.7% | 2015 | |
| 134 | Russia | 2.7% | 2015 | |
| 135 | Israel | 2.7% | 2016 | |
| 136 | Malaysia | 2.7% | 2015 | |
| 137 | Poland | 2.1% | 2016 | |
| 138 | Estonia | 2% | 2015 | |
| 139 | United States | 2% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Lebanon | 1.9% | 2011 | |
| 141 | Australia | 1.2% | 2014 | |
| 142 | South Korea | 1.2% | 2012 | |
| 143 | Japan | 1% | 2008 | |
| 144 | Canada | 1% | 2013 | |
| 145 | Sweden | 1% | 2015 | |
| 146 | Austria | 0.9% | 2015 | |
| 147 | Belarus | 0.8% | 2017 | |
| 148 | United Kingdom | 0.7% | 2015 | |
| 149 | Republic of Ireland | 0.7% | 2015 | |
| 150 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2015 | |
| 151 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2015 | |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 0.5% | 2015 | |
| 153 | Czech Republic | 0.4% | 2015 | |
| 154 | Malta | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 155 | Finland | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 156 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 157 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2014 | |
| 158 | Germany | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 159 | Cyprus | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 160 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 161 | Norway | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 162 | France | 0.2% | 2015 | |
| 163 | Switzerland | 0% | 2015 |