Poverty rate at the national poverty line
Share of the population living below the national poverty line that each country sets. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, compiled from official government sources or computed by World Bank staff with the national line.
Each country sets its own line, so rates cannot be compared between countries; compare years within one country, and check for method changes, which can move the rate by many points. There is no World value. For the United States see poverty_rate, and for the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.
Key facts
- Madagascar had the highest poverty rate at the national poverty line of 72 countries in 2021, at 75.2%, and Belarus the lowest, at 4.1%. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 160 places, with figures from 1985 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by poverty rate at the national poverty line, 2021
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Mexico
- Egypt
- Solomon Islands
- Ecuador
- Seychelles
- Estonia
- Belgium
- Ireland
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest poverty rate at the national poverty line? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"poverty_rate_national_line","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=poverty_rate_national_line&level=country