| # | Flag | Country | Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 82.3% | 2016 | |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.8% | 2006 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 72.3% | 2011 | |
| 4 | Madagascar | 70.7% | 2012 | |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.3% | 2010 | |
| 6 | Eritrea | 69% | 1993 | |
| 7 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 66.2% | 2010 | |
| 8 | Burundi | 64.9% | 2014 | |
| 9 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 63.9% | 2012 | |
| 10 | Swaziland | 63% | 2009 | |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 62% | 2008 | |
| 12 | Honduras | 61.9% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Guatemala | 59.3% | 2014 | |
| 14 | Haiti | 58.5% | 2012 | |
| 15 | Lesotho | 57.1% | 2010 | |
| 16 | South Africa | 55.5% | 2014 | |
| 17 | Guinea | 55.2% | 2012 | |
| 18 | Togo | 55.1% | 2015 | |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 54.5% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Zambia | 54.4% | 2015 | |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 52.9% | 2011 | |
| 22 | Malawi | 51.5% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Liberia | 50.9% | 2016 | |
| 24 | Yemen | 48.6% | 2014 | |
| 25 | Gambia | 48.6% | 2015 | |
| 26 | Chad | 46.7% | 2011 | |
| 27 | Senegal | 46.7% | 2011 | |
| 28 | Republic of the Congo | 46.5% | 2011 | |
| 29 | Sudan | 46.5% | 2009 | |
| 30 | Ivory Coast | 46.3% | 2015 | |
| 31 | Mozambique | 46.1% | 2014 | |
| 32 | Nigeria | 46% | 2009 | |
| 33 | Niger | 44.5% | 2014 | |
| 34 | Mexico | 43.6% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Comoros | 42.4% | 2013 | |
| 36 | East Timor | 41.8% | 2014 | |
| 37 | Federated States of Micronesia | 41.2% | 2013 | |
| 38 | Mali | 41.1% | 2009 | |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 40.1% | 2014 | |
| 40 | Benin | 40.1% | 2015 | |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 39.9% | 2009 | |
| 42 | Seychelles | 39.3% | 2013 | |
| 43 | Rwanda | 38.2% | 2016 | |
| 44 | Cameroon | 37.5% | 2014 | |
| 45 | Angola | 36.6% | 2008 | |
| 46 | Bolivia | 36.4% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Kenya | 36.1% | 2015 | |
| 48 | Syria | 35.2% | 2007 | |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 35% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Fiji | 34% | 2013 | |
| 51 | Gabon | 33.4% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Venezuela | 33.1% | 2015 | |
| 53 | Myanmar | 32.1% | 2015 | |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 31.3% | 2015 | |
| 55 | Mauritania | 31% | 2014 | |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 30.5% | 2016 | |
| 57 | El Salvador | 29.2% | 2017 | |
| 58 | Tanzania | 28.2% | 2011 | |
| 59 | Egypt | 27.8% | 2015 | |
| 60 | Lebanon | 27.4% | 2012 | |
| 61 | Colombia | 27% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Brazil | 26.5% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Paraguay | 26.4% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Tuvalu | 26.3% | 2010 | |
| 65 | Argentina | 25.7% | 2017 | |
| 66 | Serbia | 25.7% | 2016 | |
| 67 | Armenia | 25.7% | 2017 | |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.6% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Nepal | 25.2% | 2010 | |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 25% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Palau | 24.9% | 2006 | |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 24.9% | 2016 | |
| 73 | Pakistan | 24.3% | 2015 | |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 24.3% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Montenegro | 24% | 2015 | |
| 76 | Romania | 23.6% | 2016 | |
| 77 | Ethiopia | 23.5% | 2015 | |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 23.4% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Laos | 23.4% | 2012 | |
| 80 | Ghana | 23.4% | 2016 | |
| 81 | Ecuador | 23.2% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Latvia | 22.5% | 2014 | |
| 83 | Tonga | 22.5% | 2009 | |
| 84 | Republic of Macedonia | 22.2% | 2017 | |
| 85 | Lithuania | 22.2% | 2014 | |
| 86 | Panama | 22.1% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Georgia | 21.9% | 2017 | |
| 88 | India | 21.9% | 2011 | |
| 89 | Kiribati | 21.8% | 2006 | |
| 90 | Estonia | 21.8% | 2013 | |
| 91 | Peru | 21.7% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Philippines | 21.6% | 2015 | |
| 93 | Mongolia | 21.6% | 2014 | |
| 94 | Uganda | 21.4% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Djibouti | 21.1% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Samoa | 20.3% | 2013 | |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 20% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Jamaica | 19.9% | 2012 | |
| 99 | Croatia | 19.5% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Botswana | 19.3% | 2009 | |
| 101 | Iraq | 18.9% | 2012 | |
| 102 | Cambodia | 17.7% | 2012 | |
| 103 | Kosovo | 17.6% | 2015 | |
| 104 | Namibia | 17.4% | 2015 | |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.9% | 2015 | |
| 106 | Tunisia | 15.2% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Poland | 15% | 2016 | |
| 108 | Hungary | 14.9% | 2014 | |
| 109 | Jordan | 14.4% | 2010 | |
| 110 | Slovenia | 14.3% | 2014 | |
| 111 | Albania | 14.3% | 2012 | |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 14.1% | 2013 | |
| 113 | Turkey | 13.5% | 2017 | |
| 114 | Russia | 13.2% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 12.7% | 2013 | |
| 116 | Vanuatu | 12.7% | 2010 | |
| 117 | Slovakia | 12.6% | 2013 | |
| 118 | Indonesia | 10.6% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Vietnam | 9.8% | 2016 | |
| 120 | Czech Republic | 9.7% | 2013 | |
| 121 | Moldova | 9.6% | 2015 | |
| 122 | Thailand | 8.6% | 2016 | |
| 123 | Chile | 8.6% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Maldives | 8.2% | 2016 | |
| 125 | Bhutan | 8.2% | 2017 | |
| 126 | Mauritius | 7.9% | 2012 | |
| 127 | Uruguay | 7.9% | 2017 | |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 6% | 2012 | |
| 129 | Belarus | 5.9% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Algeria | 5.5% | 2011 | |
| 131 | Morocco | 4.8% | 2013 | |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 4.1% | 2016 | |
| 133 | China | 3.1% | 2017 | |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Ukraine | 2.4% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.4% | 2015 |