Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day, adjusted for inflation and PPP

percent of population, 1967–2019

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    1967 Ranking
    1. Sweden 10.70
    2019 Ranking
    1. Zimbabwe 82.80
    2. Kyrgyzstan 52.60
    3. Indonesia 52.20
    4. Honduras 49.00
    5. Armenia 44.00
    6. Georgia 42.00
    7. Colombia 29.40
    8. Ecuador 25.40
    9. El Salvador 22.30
    10. Peru 20.60
    11. Bolivia 19.90
    12. Brazil 19.60
    13. Paraguay 15.40
    14. Argentina 14.40
    15. Dominican Republic 12.40
    16. Panama 12.10
    17. Costa Rica 10.60
    18. Turkey 10.20
    19. Thailand 6.20
    20. Uruguay 3.20
    21. Ukraine 2.50
    22. Belarus 0.20

    Related Poverty Rates Datasets

    Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

    Source: World Bank