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

In 2022, Mozambique leads Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) with 65. Zambia follows at 60, and the gap between the top two positions is 5. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.016.332.548.865.0MozambiqueMozambique: 6565.0ZambiaZambia: 6060.0NigeriaNigeria: 5656.2Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 5555.4Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 5150.7ChadChad: 4544.8KenyaKenya: 4039.8ArgentinaArgentina: 3939.2South AfricaSouth Africa: 3837.9BoliviaBolivia: 3837.7ColombiaColombia: 3736.6MexicoMexico: 3636.3

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Mozambique 65
2 Zambia 60
3 Nigeria 56
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 55
5 Equatorial Guinea 51
6 Chad 45
7 Kenya 40
8 Argentina 39
9 South Africa 38
10 Bolivia 38
11 Colombia 37
12 Mexico 36
13 Moldova 31
14 Dominican Republic 28
15 Peru 28
16 Mongolia 27
17 El Salvador 27
18 Costa Rica 26
19 Paraguay 26
20 Ecuador 25
21 Estonia 23
22 Latvia 23
23 North Macedonia 22
24 Panama 22
25 Tajikistan 22
26 Romania 21
27 Bulgaria 21
28 Nepal 20
29 Spain 20
30 Montenegro 20
31 Serbia 20
32 Albania 20
33 Bangladesh 19
34 Suriname 18
35 Sweden 16
36 Georgia 16
37 Uzbekistan 14
38 Turkiye 14
39 Slovenia 13
40 Bhutan 12
41 Belgium 12
42 Finland 12
43 Poland 12
44 Uruguay 10
45 Indonesia 10
46 Russian Federation 9
47 Chile 7
48 Thailand 5
49 Kazakhstan 5
50 Viet Nam 4

Analytical takeaways

  • Mozambique leads the global ranking for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in 2022, with a lead of 5 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Mexico at 36.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.