# Countries by poverty rate at the national poverty line, 2021

All 72 values come from World Bank for 2021, so the places are comparable. 88 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_national_line`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: World Bank, Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-national-line/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Madagascar | 75.2 |
| 2 | Honduras | 73.6 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 68.8 |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.5 |
| 5 | Mali | 45.5 |
| 6 | Togo | 43.8 |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 43.2 |
| 8 | Niger | 41.2 |
| 9 | Colombia | 39.7 |
| 10 | Kenya | 38.6 |
| 11 | Cameroon | 37.7 |
| 12 | Côte d’Ivoire | 37.5 |
| 12 | Senegal | 37.5 |
| 14 | Argentina | 37.3 |
| 15 | Bolivia | 36.6 |
| 16 | Benin | 36.2 |
| 17 | Egypt | 33.5 |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 33.1 |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 30.7 |
| 20 | Ecuador | 27.7 |
| 21 | Armenia | 26.5 |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 26.2 |
| 23 | Peru | 25.9 |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 25.6 |
| 25 | El Salvador | 24.6 |
| 26 | Moldova | 24.5 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 22.9 |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 22.9 |
| 29 | Estonia | 22.8 |
| 30 | Latvia | 22.5 |
| 31 | Panama | 21.8 |
| 32 | Romania | 21.2 |
| 33 | Lithuania | 20.9 |
| 34 | Albania | 20.6 |
| 34 | Tonga | 20.6 |
| 36 | Spain | 20.4 |
| 37 | Montenegro | 20.3 |
| 38 | Serbia | 20.2 |
| 39 | Italy | 20.1 |
| 40 | Greece | 18.8 |
| 41 | Georgia | 17.5 |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 17.3 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 17 |
| 44 | Jamaica | 16.7 |
| 44 | Malta | 16.7 |
| 46 | Tunisia | 16.6 |
| 47 | Portugal | 16.4 |
| 48 | Sweden | 16 |
| 49 | Switzerland | 15.8 |
| 50 | France | 15.6 |
| 51 | Austria | 14.8 |
| 51 | Germany | 14.8 |
| 53 | Netherlands | 14.5 |
| 54 | Türkiye | 14.4 |
| 55 | Ireland | 14 |
| 56 | Cyprus | 13.9 |
| 57 | Slovakia | 13.7 |
| 58 | Belgium | 13.2 |
| 59 | Finland | 12.7 |
| 60 | Denmark | 12.4 |
| 61 | Norway | 12.2 |
| 62 | Hungary | 12.1 |
| 62 | Poland | 12.1 |
| 62 | Slovenia | 12.1 |
| 65 | Russia | 11.1 |
| 66 | Czechia | 10.2 |
| 67 | Indonesia | 10.1 |
| 68 | Thailand | 6.3 |
| 69 | Malaysia | 6.2 |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 5.2 |
| 71 | Vietnam | 4.4 |
| 72 | Belarus | 4.1 |