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How Many People Are at the Risk of Poverty?

Population at Risk of Poverty (As % of Total) (%), 2020 or latest
Society | December 1, 2022
$2.99
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Based on a comparison of 85 countries in 2020, Sierra Leone ranked the highest in population at risk of poverty as a share of total population with 56.8% followed by Malawi and Honduras. On the other end of the scale was China with 0.600%, Ukraine with 1.40% and Belarus with 4.80%.

Data for more countries are available at Population at Risk of Poverty (As % of Total) indicator page.

Population at Risk of Poverty (As % of Total) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Argentina % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30.3% 25.7% 32.0%
Bolivia % ... ... 39.1% 38.6% 39.5% 36.4% 34.6%
Burkina Faso % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40.1% ... ... ... 41.4% ... ...
Chad % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42.3% ... ...
Colombia % ... ... ... ... 28.5% 27.8% 28.0% 26.9% 27.0%
Guinea % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 43.7% ... ...
Guinea Bissau % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47.7% ... ...
Honduras % ... 49.7% 51.5% 49.7% 49.8% 50.4% ...
Ivory Coast % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44.4% ... ... 39.5% ... ...
Malawi % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51.5% ... ... ...
Mali % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46.9% 47.2% 46.8% 44.9% 43.8%
Mexico % ... ... ... ... ... ... 46.2% ... 43.6% ... 41.9% ...
Niger % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44.5% ... ... ... 40.8% ... ...
Nigeria % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40.1% ... ...
Sierra Leone % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56.8% ... ...