| Rank | Country | Population below poverty line (%) |
| 1 | Chad | 80 |  |
| 2 | Haiti | 80 |  |
| 3 | Liberia | 80 |  |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 71 |  |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 70.2 |  |
| 6 | Gaza Strip | 70 |  |
| 7 | Mozambique | 70 |  |
| 8 | Nigeria | 70 |  |
| 9 | Suriname | 70 |  |
| 10 | Swaziland | 69 |  |
| 11 | Burundi | 68 |  |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 68 |  |
| 13 | Honduras | 65 |  |
| 14 | Zambia | 64 |  |
| 15 | Niger | 63 |  |
| 16 | Comoros | 60 |  |
| 17 | Rwanda | 60 |  |
| 18 | Guatemala | 56.2 |  |
| 19 | Namibia | 55.8 |  |
| 20 | Senegal | 54 |  |
| 21 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54 |  |
| 22 | Malawi | 53 |  |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 53 |  |
| 24 | Eritrea | 50 |  |
| 25 | Kenya | 50 |  |
| 26 | Madagascar | 50 |  |
| 27 | South Africa | 50 |  |
| 28 | Lesotho | 49 |  |
| 29 | Cameroon | 48 |  |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 48 |  |
| 31 | Guinea | 47 |  |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 46.4 |  |
| 33 | West Bank | 46 |  |
| 34 | Colombia | 45.5 |  |
| 35 | Yemen | 45.2 |  |
| 36 | Belize | 43 |  |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 42.2 |  |
| 38 | Djibouti | 42 |  |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42 |  |
| 40 | East Timor | 42 |  |
| 41 | Angola | 40.5 |  |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 40 |  |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 40 |  |
| 44 | Mauritania | 40 |  |
| 45 | Sudan | 40 |  |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 38.7 |  |
| 47 | Venezuela | 37.9 |  |
| 48 | El Salvador | 37.8 |  |
| 49 | Benin | 37.4 |  |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 37 |  |