How many live on less than $3 a day?
Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day), 142 countries & territories. Share of people living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 prices adjusted for purchasing power (World Bank PIP), from each country’s latest household survey since 2017; some have none.
lowest≥ 0.1%≥ 0.4%≥ 0.9%≥ 2.5%≥ 8.7%≥ 38.2% no data
Source: World Bank· 2017 / 2025
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0%) to the highest value (85.3%).
The ranking
- 1
DR Congo 85.3% 2020 - 2
Mozambique 81.4% 2022 - 3
Malawi 75.4% 2019 - 4
Burundi 74.2% 2020 - 5
Zambia 71.7% 2022 - 6
Central African Republic 71.6% 2021 - 7
Madagascar 69.2% 2021 - 8
Niger 60.5% 2021 - 9
Uganda 59.8% 2019 - 10
Tanzania 51.3% 2018 - 11
Zimbabwe 49.2% 2019 - 12
Kenya 45.5% 2022 - 13
Burkina Faso 42.1% 2021 - 14
Lesotho 41.9% 2017 - 15
Nigeria 41.8% 2022 - 16
Sierra Leone 41.5% 2018 - 17
Guinea-Bissau 39.9% 2021 - 18
Chad 39.5% 2022 - 19
Angola 39.3% 2018 - 20
Ethiopia 38.6% 2021 - 21
Rwanda 38.6% 2023 - 22
Mali 36.1% 2021 - 23
Togo 34.7% 2021 - 24
Benin 27.2% 2021 - 25
Cameroon 26.7% 2021 - 26
Djibouti 25.4% 2017 - 27
Pakistan 23% 2024 - 28
Gambia 22% 2020 - 29
Ivory Coast 20.8% 2021 - 30
Vanuatu 19.5% 2019 - 31
Syria 18% 2022 - 32
Senegal 17.9% 2021 - 33
South Africa 17.4% 2022 - 34
Honduras 15.7% 2024 - 35
São Tomé and Príncipe 13% 2017 - 36
Guinea 11.7% 2018 - 37
Myanmar 10.3% 2017 - 38
Mauritania 10.2% 2019 - 39
Kosovo 10% 2022 - 40
Guatemala 9.7% 2023 - 41
Equatorial Guinea 8.8% 2022 - 42
Colombia 8.5% 2024 - 43
Laos 7.1% 2024 - 44
Tajikistan 6.1% 2024 - 45
Bangladesh 5.9% 2022 - 46
Lebanon 5.8% 2022 - 47
India 5.3% 2022 - 48
Philippines 5.3% 2023 - 49
Comoros 5.1% 2024 - 50
Peru 5.1% 2024
Reference years differ by country (2017–2025); each row shows its own year.