GM ECONOMY · INDICATOR PROFILE
Poverty Headcount
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.
Country coverage91 / 11480% of active countries
Time coverage1987–2025793 observations
Common ranking year202148 countries · 53%
Data qualityAdequate5 median observations / country
Minimum · 20214.40%
Median · 202116.20%
Maximum · 202139.70%
Data quality
Recency and time-series depthGood8latest within 1 year of the series maximum and at least 10 observations
Adequate20latest within 3 years and at least 5 observations
Limited63older or comparatively short series
Indicator metadata
Definition and machine-readable identifiersCountry ranking · 2021
48 comparable countries| Rank | Country | 2021 value | Latest year | Latest value | Observations | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 39.70% | 2024 | 31.80% | 13 | 2012–2024 |
| 2 | Kenya | 38.60% | 2022 | 39.80% | 8 | 1992–2022 |
| 3 | Argentina | 37.30% | 2024 | 38.10% | 9 | 2016–2024 |
| 4 | Egypt | 33.50% | 2021 | 33.50% | 1 | 2021–2021 |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 33.10% | 2021 | 33.10% | 6 | 1995–2021 |
| 6 | Armenia | 26.50% | 2024 | 21.70% | 19 | 2004–2024 |
| 7 | Peru | 25.90% | 2024 | 27.60% | 28 | 1997–2024 |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 25.60% | 2024 | 19.80% | 4 | 2021–2024 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 22.90% | 2023 | 21.70% | 9 | 2015–2023 |
| 10 | Estonia | 22.80% | 2022 | 22.50% | 20 | 2003–2022 |
| 11 | Latvia | 22.50% | 2022 | 22.50% | 19 | 2004–2022 |
| 12 | Romania | 21.20% | 2023 | 19.00% | 18 | 2006–2023 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 20.90% | 2021 | 20.90% | 18 | 2004–2021 |
| 14 | Tonga | 20.60% | 2021 | 20.60% | 1 | 2021–2021 |
| 15 | Spain | 20.40% | 2022 | 20.20% | 20 | 2003–2022 |
| 16 | Serbia | 20.20% | 2023 | 19.70% | 19 | 2002–2023 |
| 17 | Italy | 20.10% | 2021 | 20.10% | 19 | 2003–2021 |
| 18 | Greece | 18.80% | 2021 | 18.80% | 20 | 2002–2021 |
| 19 | Philippines | 18.10% | 2023 | 15.50% | 4 | 2015–2023 |
| 20 | Georgia | 17.50% | 2024 | 9.40% | 21 | 2004–2024 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 17.30% | 2021 | 17.30% | 1 | 2021–2021 |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 17.00% | 2025 | 5.80% | 14 | 2001–2025 |
| 23 | Tunisia | 16.60% | 2021 | 16.60% | 5 | 2000–2021 |
| 24 | Portugal | 16.40% | 2021 | 16.40% | 19 | 2003–2021 |
| 25 | Sweden | 16.00% | 2022 | 16.10% | 16 | 2007–2022 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 15.80% | 2021 | 15.80% | 16 | 2006–2021 |
| 27 | France | 15.60% | 2021 | 15.60% | 1 | 2021–2021 |
| 28 | Austria | 14.80% | 2021 | 14.80% | 20 | 2002–2021 |
| 29 | Germany | 14.80% | 2021 | 14.80% | 3 | 2019–2021 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 14.50% | 2021 | 14.50% | 7 | 2015–2021 |
| 31 | Turkey | 14.40% | 2024 | 13.00% | 20 | 2005–2024 |
| 32 | Ireland | 14.00% | 2021 | 14.00% | 3 | 2019–2021 |
| 33 | Cyprus | 13.90% | 2021 | 13.90% | 18 | 2004–2021 |
| 34 | Slovakia | 13.70% | 2021 | 13.70% | 18 | 2004–2021 |
| 35 | Belgium | 13.20% | 2022 | 12.30% | 5 | 2018–2022 |
| 36 | Finland | 12.70% | 2022 | 12.20% | 20 | 2003–2022 |
| 37 | Denmark | 12.40% | 2021 | 12.40% | 3 | 2019–2021 |
| 38 | Norway | 12.20% | 2021 | 12.20% | 2 | 2020–2021 |
| 39 | Hungary | 12.10% | 2021 | 12.10% | 18 | 2004–2021 |
| 40 | Poland | 12.10% | 2024 | 13.30% | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| 41 | Slovenia | 12.10% | 2022 | 12.70% | 19 | 2004–2022 |
| 42 | Russia | 11.10% | 2024 | 7.20% | 25 | 2000–2024 |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 10.20% | 2021 | 10.20% | 18 | 2004–2021 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 10.10% | 2024 | 9.00% | 27 | 1996–2024 |
| 45 | Thailand | 6.30% | 2022 | 5.40% | 26 | 1988–2022 |
| 46 | Malaysia | 6.20% | 2023 | 5.10% | 3 | 2019–2023 |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 5.20% | 2024 | 5.00% | 7 | 2018–2024 |
| 48 | Vietnam | 4.40% | 2022 | 4.20% | 16 | 1992–2022 |
The ranking uses a single common year rather than mixing each country’s latest observation. GM Economy selects the most recent year with data for at least 75% of countries covered by this indicator; if no year reaches that threshold, the year with the broadest coverage is used. Values are ordered from highest to lowest. This is a descriptive data ranking, not an assessment of whether a higher or lower value is preferable.