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Countries with the highest
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

In 2020, Congo, Dem. Rep. leads Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) with 56. Gambia, The follows at 53, and the gap between the top two positions is 3. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.014.128.142.256.2Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 5656.2Gambia, TheGambia, The: 5353.4BurundiBurundi: 5151.0MexicoMexico: 4443.9ColombiaColombia: 4343.1KenyaKenya: 4342.9ArgentinaArgentina: 4242.0BoliviaBolivia: 3939.0EcuadorEcuador: 3333.0Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 3030.4PeruPeru: 3030.1Costa RicaCosta Rica: 3030.0

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Congo, Dem. Rep. 56
2 Gambia, The 53
3 Burundi 51
4 Mexico 44
5 Colombia 43
6 Kenya 43
7 Argentina 42
8 Bolivia 39
9 Ecuador 33
10 Dominican Republic 30
11 Peru 30
12 Costa Rica 30
13 Armenia 27
14 Moldova 27
15 El Salvador 26
16 Latvia 23
17 Ukraine 23
18 North Macedonia 23
19 Romania 23
20 Bulgaria 22
21 Albania 22
22 Spain 22
23 Serbia 21
24 Georgia 21
25 Montenegro 21
26 Estonia 21
27 Italy 20
28 Lithuania 20
29 Greece 20
30 Portugal 18
31 Malta 17
32 Germany 16
33 Sweden 16
34 Austria 15
35 Switzerland 15
36 Netherlands 14
37 Turkiye 14
38 Cyprus 14
39 Ireland 13
40 Belgium 13
41 Hungary 13
42 Norway 13
43 Denmark 12
44 Slovak Republic 12
45 Russian Federation 12
46 Poland 12
47 Slovenia 12
48 Finland 11
49 Chile 11
50 Indonesia 10

Analytical takeaways

  • Congo, Dem. Rep. leads the global ranking for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in 2020, with a lead of 3 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Costa Rica at 30.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.