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Extreme Poverty

Share of the population living below the international poverty line. Our World in Data, 2016–2023.

Source: Our World in Data Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2023)
0.7%
-1.2pp vs 2022
Improving
8
of 237 tracked
Declining
27
period over period
Stable
202
±0.5pp band

Extreme Poverty

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2016–2023.

-0.7%1.9%4.6%7.3%9.9% 20162017201820192020202120222023
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericasOther

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇷🇼 Rwanda 38.6% +38.6pp
🇭🇳 Honduras 17% +17.0pp
🇵🇭 Philippines 11.5% +11.5pp
🇬🇹 Guatemala 9.7% +9.7pp
🇵🇦 Panama 3.7% +3.7pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇿 Mozambique 0% -81.4pp
🇿🇲 Zambia 0% -71.7pp
🇰🇪 Kenya 0% -45.5pp
🇳🇬 Nigeria 0% -41.8pp
🇹🇩 Chad 0% -39.5pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Americas +0.40pp
Other 0.00pp
Europe -0.10pp
Asia -0.40pp
Africa -4.6pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 53 1.3% +0.40pp
Africa 58 0.7% -4.6pp
Asia 69 0.6% -0.40pp
Europe 56 0.3% -0.10pp
Other 1 0% 0.00pp

Extreme Poverty — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

237 entities, 2023, change vs 2022. Highest first.
#EntityExtreme PovertyChange
1🇷🇼 Rwanda38.6%+38.6pp
2🇭🇳 Honduras17%+17.0pp
3🇵🇭 Philippines11.5%+11.5pp
4🇬🇹 Guatemala9.7%+9.7pp
5🇨🇴 Colombia8.6%-0.70pp
6🇹🇯 Tajikistan7.3%-1.6pp
7🇮🇩 Indonesia6.7%-1.2pp
8🇵🇪 Peru5.9%+1.1pp
9🇬🇪 Georgia5.8%-1.9pp
10🇪🇨 Ecuador4.7%+0.30pp
11🇸🇻 El Salvador4.6%-0.60pp
12🇺🇿 Uzbekistan4.1%-0.30pp
13🇧🇷 Brazil3.8%-1.1pp
14🇵🇦 Panama3.7%+3.7pp
15🇧🇴 Bolivia2.8%-0.50pp
16🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan2.7%-1.8pp
17🇮🇷 Iran2.5%-0.30pp
18🇵🇾 Paraguay2.4%-0.80pp
19🇵🇸 Palestine2.1%+2.1pp
20🇦🇲 Armenia1.9%0.00pp
21🇨🇷 Costa Rica1.5%-0.10pp
22🇩🇴 Dominican Republic1.3%+0.30pp
23🇺🇸 United States1.2%-0.20pp
24🇱🇹 Lithuania1.1%+0.30pp
25🇷🇸 Serbia1.1%-0.90pp
26🇧🇬 Bulgaria1%-0.10pp
27🇮🇹 Italy0.9%+0.20pp
28🇰🇮 Kiribati0.9%+0.90pp
29🇪🇸 Spain0.8%0.00pp
30🇸🇪 Sweden0.8%-0.50pp
31🇷🇴 Romania0.7%-0.80pp
32🇬🇷 Greece0.6%0.00pp
33🇦🇹 Austria0.5%-0.10pp
34🇮🇶 Iraq0.5%+0.50pp
35🇸🇰 Slovakia0.5%-0.20pp
36🇩🇰 Denmark0.4%+0.20pp
37🇱🇻 Latvia0.4%0.00pp
38🇲🇹 Malta0.4%+0.30pp
39🇵🇹 Portugal0.4%+0.20pp
40🇭🇷 Croatia0.3%-0.10pp
41🇪🇪 Estonia0.3%-0.20pp
42🇫🇮 Finland0.2%+0.10pp
43🇳🇴 Norway0.2%-0.10pp
44🇵🇱 Poland0.2%-0.10pp
45🇹🇷 Turkey0.2%-0.30pp
46🇺🇾 Uruguay0.2%0.00pp
47🇧🇪 Belgium0.1%+0.10pp
48🇫🇷 France0.1%0.00pp
49🇮🇪 Ireland0.1%-0.10pp
50🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.1%0.00pp
51🇲🇩 Moldova0.1%+0.10pp
52🇦🇫 Afghanistan0%0.00pp
53🇦🇱 Albania0%0.00pp
54🇩🇿 Algeria0%0.00pp
55🇦🇸 American Samoa0%0.00pp
56🇦🇩 Andorra0%0.00pp
57🇦🇴 Angola0%0.00pp
58🇦🇮 Anguilla0%0.00pp
59🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0%0.00pp
60🇦🇷 Argentina0%0.00pp
61🇦🇼 Aruba0%0.00pp
62🇦🇺 Australia0%0.00pp
63🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0%0.00pp
64🇧🇸 Bahamas0%0.00pp
65🇧🇭 Bahrain0%0.00pp
66🇧🇩 Bangladesh0%-5.9pp
67🇧🇧 Barbados0%0.00pp
68🇧🇾 Belarus0%0.00pp
69🇧🇿 Belize0%0.00pp
70🇧🇯 Benin0%0.00pp
71🇧🇲 Bermuda0%0.00pp
72🇧🇹 Bhutan0%0.00pp
73🇧🇶 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba0%0.00pp
74🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0%0.00pp
75🇧🇼 Botswana0%0.00pp
76🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands0%0.00pp
77🇧🇳 Brunei0%0.00pp
78🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0%0.00pp
79🇧🇮 Burundi0%0.00pp
80🇰🇭 Cambodia0%0.00pp
81🇨🇲 Cameroon0%0.00pp
82🇨🇦 Canada0%-0.30pp
83🇨🇻 Cape Verde0%0.00pp
84🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0%0.00pp
85🇨🇫 Central African Republic0%0.00pp
86🇹🇩 Chad0%-39.5pp
87🇨🇱 Chile0%-0.60pp
88🇨🇳 China0%0.00pp
89🇰🇲 Comoros0%0.00pp
90🇨🇬 Congo0%0.00pp
91🇨🇰 Cook Islands0%0.00pp
92🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire0%0.00pp
93🇨🇺 Cuba0%0.00pp
94🇨🇼 Curacao0%0.00pp
95🇨🇾 Cyprus0%0.00pp
96🇨🇿 Czechia0%0.00pp
97🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo0%0.00pp
98🇩🇯 Djibouti0%0.00pp
99🇩🇲 Dominica0%0.00pp
100🇹🇱 East Timor0%0.00pp
101🇪🇬 Egypt0%0.00pp
102🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0%-8.8pp
103🇪🇷 Eritrea0%0.00pp
104🇸🇿 Eswatini0%0.00pp
105🇪🇹 Ethiopia0%0.00pp
106🇫🇰 Falkland Islands0%0.00pp
107🇫🇴 Faroe Islands0%0.00pp
108🇫🇯 Fiji0%0.00pp
109🇬🇫 French Guiana0%0.00pp
110🇵🇫 French Polynesia0%0.00pp
111🇬🇦 Gabon0%0.00pp
112🇬🇲 Gambia0%0.00pp
113🇩🇪 Germany0%-0.70pp
114🇬🇭 Ghana0%0.00pp
115🇬🇮 Gibraltar0%0.00pp
116🇬🇱 Greenland0%0.00pp
117🇬🇩 Grenada0%0.00pp
118🇬🇵 Guadeloupe0%0.00pp
119🇬🇺 Guam0%0.00pp
120🇬🇬 Guernsey0%0.00pp
121🇬🇳 Guinea0%0.00pp
122🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0%0.00pp
123🇬🇾 Guyana0%0.00pp
124🇭🇹 Haiti0%0.00pp
125🇭🇰 Hong Kong0%0.00pp
126🇭🇺 Hungary0%0.00pp
127🇮🇸 Iceland0%0.00pp
128🇮🇳 India0%-5.3pp
129🇮🇲 Isle of Man0%0.00pp
130🇮🇱 Israel0%-0.40pp
131🇯🇲 Jamaica0%0.00pp
132🇯🇵 Japan0%0.00pp
133🇯🇪 Jersey0%0.00pp
134🇯🇴 Jordan0%0.00pp
135🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0%0.00pp
136🇰🇪 Kenya0%-45.5pp
137🇰🇼 Kuwait0%0.00pp
138🇱🇦 Laos0%0.00pp
139🇱🇧 Lebanon0%-5.8pp
140🇱🇸 Lesotho0%0.00pp
141🇱🇷 Liberia0%0.00pp
142🇱🇾 Libya0%0.00pp
143🇱🇮 Liechtenstein0%0.00pp
144🇲🇴 Macao0%0.00pp
145🇲🇬 Madagascar0%0.00pp
146🇲🇼 Malawi0%0.00pp
147🇲🇾 Malaysia0%0.00pp
148🇲🇻 Maldives0%0.00pp
149🇲🇱 Mali0%0.00pp
150🇲🇭 Marshall Islands0%0.00pp
151🇲🇶 Martinique0%0.00pp
152🇲🇷 Mauritania0%0.00pp
153🇲🇺 Mauritius0%0.00pp
154🇾🇹 Mayotte0%0.00pp
155🇲🇽 Mexico0%-2.3pp
156🇫🇲 Micronesia (country)0%0.00pp
157🇲🇨 Monaco0%0.00pp
158🇲🇳 Mongolia0%-0.40pp
159🇲🇪 Montenegro0%0.00pp
160🇲🇸 Montserrat0%0.00pp
161🇲🇦 Morocco0%0.00pp
162🇲🇿 Mozambique0%-81.4pp
163🇲🇲 Myanmar0%0.00pp
164🇳🇦 Namibia0%0.00pp
165🇳🇷 Nauru0%0.00pp
166🇳🇵 Nepal0%-2.4pp
167🇳🇱 Netherlands0%0.00pp
168🇳🇨 New Caledonia0%0.00pp
169🇳🇿 New Zealand0%0.00pp
170🇳🇮 Nicaragua0%0.00pp
171🇳🇪 Niger0%0.00pp
172🇳🇬 Nigeria0%-41.8pp
173🇳🇺 Niue0%0.00pp
174🇰🇵 North Korea0%0.00pp
175🇲🇰 North Macedonia0%0.00pp
176🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands0%0.00pp
177🇴🇲 Oman0%0.00pp
178🇵🇰 Pakistan0%0.00pp
179🇵🇼 Palau0%0.00pp
180🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0%0.00pp
181🇵🇷 Puerto Rico0%0.00pp
182🇶🇦 Qatar0%0.00pp
183🇷🇪 Reunion0%0.00pp
184🇷🇺 Russia0%0.00pp
185🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy0%0.00pp
186🇸🇭 Saint Helena0%0.00pp
187🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis0%0.00pp
188🇱🇨 Saint Lucia0%0.00pp
189🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part)0%0.00pp
190🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon0%0.00pp
191🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0%0.00pp
192🇼🇸 Samoa0%0.00pp
193🇸🇲 San Marino0%0.00pp
194🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0%0.00pp
195🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0%0.00pp
196🇸🇳 Senegal0%0.00pp
197🇸🇨 Seychelles0%0.00pp
198🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0%0.00pp
199🇸🇬 Singapore0%0.00pp
200🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0%0.00pp
201🇸🇮 Slovenia0%0.00pp
202🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0%0.00pp
203🇸🇴 Somalia0%0.00pp
204🇿🇦 South Africa0%-17.4pp
205🇰🇷 South Korea0%0.00pp
206🇸🇸 South Sudan0%0.00pp
207🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0%0.00pp
208🇸🇩 Sudan0%0.00pp
209🇸🇷 Suriname0%-2.2pp
210🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen0%0.00pp
211🇨🇭 Switzerland0%-0.20pp
212🇸🇾 Syria0%-18.0pp
213🇹🇼 Taiwan0%0.00pp
214🇹🇿 Tanzania0%0.00pp
215🇹🇭 Thailand0%0.00pp
216🇹🇬 Togo0%0.00pp
217🇹🇰 Tokelau0%0.00pp
218🇹🇴 Tonga0%0.00pp
219🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0%0.00pp
220🇹🇳 Tunisia0%0.00pp
221🇹🇲 Turkmenistan0%0.00pp
222🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands0%0.00pp
223🇹🇻 Tuvalu0%0.00pp
224🇺🇬 Uganda0%0.00pp
225🇺🇦 Ukraine0%0.00pp
226🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0%0.00pp
227🇬🇧 United Kingdom0%0.00pp
228🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands0%0.00pp
229🇻🇺 Vanuatu0%0.00pp
230🇻🇦 Vatican0%0.00pp
231🇻🇪 Venezuela0%0.00pp
232🇻🇳 Vietnam0%-1.6pp
233🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna0%0.00pp
234🇪🇭 Western Sahara0%0.00pp
235🇾🇪 Yemen0%0.00pp
236🇿🇲 Zambia0%-71.7pp
237🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0%0.00pp

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