Population Living Below $2 a Day, Developing Countries
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The percentage of the population living below the specified poverty line: $2 a day—at 1985 international prices (equivalent to $2.15 at 1993 international prices), adjusted for purchasing power parity.
| Country | Percent | Country | Percent | Country | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 92.4% | Mongolia | 44.6% | Honduras | 35.7% |
| Nigeria | 87.2 | Sierra Leone | 74.5 | Egypt | 43.9 |
| Mali | 72.1 | Laos | 74.1 | Tajikistan | 42.8 |
| Tanzania | 89.9 | Benin | 73.7 | Bolivia | 42.2 |
| Burundi | 87.6 | Pakistan | 73.6 | Sri Lanka | 41.6 |
| Niger | 85.8 | Burkina Faso | 71.8 | El Salvador | 40.6 |
| Madagascar | 85.1 | Nepal | 68.5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.0 |
| Central African Republic | 84.0 | Moldova | 20.8 | Ecuador | 40.8 |
| Rwanda | 87.8 | Mauritania | 63.1 | South Africa | 34.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 83.0 | Senegal | 56.2 | Paraguay | 29.8 |
| Gambia | 82.9 | Kenya | 58.3 | Guatemala | 31.9 |
| Bangladesh | 84.0 | Lesotho | 56.1 | Peru | 30.6 |
| Nicaragua | 79.9 | Namibia | 55.8 | Armenia | 31.1 |
| India | 80.4 | Indonesia | 52.4 | Venezuela | 40.1 |
| Ghana | 78.5 | Cameroon | 50.6 | Georgia | 25.3 |
| Mozambique | 74.1 | Botswana | 55.5 | Thailand | 25.2 |
| Haiti | 78.0 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.8 | Swaziland | 77.8 |
| Ethiopia | 77.8 | Philippines | 43.0 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.4 |
| Cambodia | 77.7 | China | 34.9 | Brazil | 21.2 |
| Malawi | 62.9 | Yemen | 45.2 | Mexico | 20.4 |
Source: Human Development Report, 2007/2008, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.
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