Population Living Below $2 a Day in Developing Countries
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The percentage of the population living below the specified poverty line: $2 a day—at 1985 international prices (equivalent to $2.15 at 1993 international prices), adjusted for purchasing power parity.
| Country | Percent | Country | Percent | Country | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 94.1% | Mongolia | 74.9% | Honduras | 44.0% |
| Nigeria | 92.4 | Sierra Leone | 74.5 | Egypt | 43.9 |
| Mali | 90.6 | Laos | 74.1 | Tajikistan | 42.8 |
| Tanzania | 89.9 | Benin | 73.7 | Bolivia | 42.2 |
| Burundi | 87.6 | Pakistan | 73.6 | Sri Lanka | 41.6 |
| Niger | 85.8 | Burkina Faso | 71.8 | El Salvador | 40.6 |
| Madagascar | 85.1 | Nepal | 68.5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.0 |
| Central African Republic | 84.0 | Moldova | 63.7 | Ecuador | 37.2 |
| Rwanda | 83.7 | Mauritania | 63.1 | South Africa | 34.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 83.0 | Senegal | 63.0 | Paraguay | 33.2 |
| Gambia | 82.9 | Kenya | 58.3 | Guatemala | 31.9 |
| Bangladesh | 82.8 | Lesotho | 56.1 | Peru | 31.8 |
| Nicaragua | 79.9 | Namibia | 55.8 | Armenia | 31.1 |
| India | 79.9 | Indonesia | 52.4 | Venezuela | 27.6 |
| Ghana | 78.5 | Cameroon | 50.6 | Georgia | 25.3 |
| Mozambique | 78.4 | Botswana | 50.1 | Thailand | 25.2 |
| Haiti | 78.0 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.8 | Argentina | 23.0 |
| Ethiopia | 77.8 | Philippines | 47.5 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.4 |
| Cambodia | 77.7 | China | 46.7 | Brazil | 21.2 |
| Malawi | 76.1 | Yemen | 45.2 | Mexico | 20.4 |
Source: Human Development Report, 2006, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.
