Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) by country
The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2021 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some...
What the numbers show
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 23.4% in Honduras; the lowest is 0.9% in Azerbaijan.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.4%, and the mean is 12.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 85.4%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 92.8%).
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 23.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 2 | Panama | 23.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 3 | Colombia | 22.7% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 4 | Zambia | 21.9% | 2022 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 21.2% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 6 | Israel | 21.0% | 2022 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 20.6% | 2016 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 8 | Botswana | 20.4% | 2015 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 8 | South Africa | 20.4% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 20.0% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 11 | Venezuela | 19.9% | 2006 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 12 | Argentina | 19.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 13 | Guatemala | 19.1% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 18.9% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 18.8% | 2021 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 18.4% | 2019 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 17 | Nicaragua | 18.3% | 2014 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 18 | Ecuador | 18.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 19 | Bolivia | 17.8% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 20 | Uruguay | 17.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 21 | Jamaica | 17.2% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 22 | Mozambique | 17.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 17.0% | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 24 | Malaysia | 16.5% | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 25 | Paraguay | 16.3% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 25 | Turkey | 16.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | El Salvador | 16.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 28 | Belize | 16.0% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 29 | Montenegro | 15.9% | 2021 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 30 | Mexico | 15.7% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 15.3% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 14.9% | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 33 | Palestine | 14.7% | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 14.7% | 2023 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 14.6% | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 14.5% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 14.4% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 14.3% | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 13.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 40 | Japan | 13.4% | 2020 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 13.4% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 13.4% | 2019 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 40 | Vietnam | 13.4% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 13.3% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 45 | Togo | 13.2% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 46 | Greece | 12.9% | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 47 | Gambia | 12.8% | 2020 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 48 | Iran | 12.6% | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 48 | South Korea | 12.6% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 12.5% | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 12.3% | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 51 | Latvia | 12.3% | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 12.3% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 54 | Croatia | 12.1% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 55 | China | 12.0% | 2022 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 56 | Switzerland | 11.9% | 2022 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 56 | France | 11.9% | 2023 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 11.7% | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 58 | Morocco | 11.7% | 2013 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 11.5% | 2017 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 61 | Burundi | 11.4% | 2020 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 11.3% | 2020 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 62 | Nigeria | 11.3% | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 64 | Senegal | 11.2% | 2021 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 65 | Madagascar | 11.1% | 2021 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 65 | Malawi | 11.1% | 2019 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 11.0% | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 67 | Portugal | 11.0% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 67 | Sweden | 11.0% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 70 | Canada | 10.9% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 71 | Russia | 10.8% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 71 | Tunisia | 10.8% | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 73 | Mauritania | 10.6% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 73 | Philippines | 10.6% | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 73 | Slovakia | 10.6% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Benin | 10.5% | 2021 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 10.5% | 2021 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 78 | Malta | 10.4% | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.1% | 2021 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.0% | 2021 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 81 | Guinea | 9.7% | 2018 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 9.7% | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 81 | Tanzania | 9.7% | 2018 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 84 | Albania | 9.6% | 2020 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 84 | Thailand | 9.6% | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 9.4% | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 86 | Mali | 9.4% | 2021 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1% | 2021 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 88 | Kenya | 9.1% | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 8.9% | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 91 | Bhutan | 8.8% | 2022 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 91 | Poland | 8.8% | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 93 | Estonia | 8.7% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 94 | Belgium | 8.3% | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 95 | Laos | 8.1% | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 95 | Rwanda | 8.1% | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 97 | Netherlands | 7.9% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 97 | Nepal | 7.9% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | Syria | 7.9% | 2022 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 100 | Norway | 7.6% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 100 | Pakistan | 7.6% | 2024 | up 85.4% | falling |
| 102 | Cyprus | 7.5% | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 7.5% | 2010 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 104 | Finland | 7.4% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 105 | Ireland | 7.3% | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 7.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 6.8% | 2022 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 6.7% | 2025 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 109 | Denmark | 6.6% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 110 | Iceland | 6.3% | 2019 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 111 | Armenia | 6.2% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 5.9% | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 113 | Ukraine | 5.1% | 2020 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 114 | Niger | 4.9% | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.6% | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 4.4% | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 117 | Moldova | 4.3% | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 118 | Belarus | 3.9% | 2020 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 119 | India | 3.4% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 3.1% | 2021 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 0.9% | 2005 | down 92.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 21.1%
About this data
The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2021 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.