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 |  |