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03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore 5.2
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 3.0
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar 7.8
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 4.1
39 United Arab Emirates 8.4
40 Chile 3.7
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay 3.5
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 4.4
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 4.7
52 Mexico 6.8
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 7.3
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 8.0
63 Malaysia 8.3
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 11.4
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 9.7
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 6.5
73 Kazakhstan ..
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.8
75 Colombia 7.9
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 10.0
79 Dominican Republic 10.5
80 Belize 17.5
81 China 11.7
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 9.2
85 Suriname 10.2
86 Jordan 6.9
87 Peru 11.6
88 Lebanon 8.5
89 Ecuador 8.7
90 Philippines 15.3
91 Tunisia 17.9
92 Fiji 21.2
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.9
95 Paraguay 8.8
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana 14.0
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka 17.8
100 Maldives 17.0
101 Jamaica 14.3
102 Cape Verde 15.8
103 El Salvador 15.1
104 Algeria 21.5
105 Viet Nam 15.2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 6.6
107 Indonesia 18.2
108 Syrian Arab Republic 13.6
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 17.9
111 Moldova ..
112 Egypt 20.0
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia 16.3
115 Honduras 16.5
116 Kyrgyzstan ..
117 Bolivia 13.6
118 Guatemala 22.5
119 Gabon 20.4
120 Vanuatu 24.6
121 South Africa 23.5
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe 15.8
124 Botswana 31.4
125 Namibia 26.5
126 Morocco 33.4
127 Equatorial Guinea 32.4
128 India 31.3
129 Solomon Islands 22.4
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.5
131 Cambodia 38.6
132 Myanmar 21.5
133 Bhutan 38.9
134 Comoros 31.3
135 Ghana 32.3
136 Pakistan 36.2
137 Mauritania 39.2
138 Lesotho 34.5
139 Congo 26.2
140 Bangladesh 40.5
141 Swaziland 35.4
142 Nepal 38.1
143 Madagascar 35.8
144 Cameroon 31.8
145 Papua New Guinea 40.3
146 Haiti 35.4
147 Sudan 34.4
148 Kenya 30.8
149 Djibouti 28.5
150 Timor-Leste 41.8
151 Zimbabwe 40.3
152 Togo 38.1
153 Yemen 38.0
154 Uganda 34.7
155 Gambia 40.9
156 Senegal 42.9
157 Eritrea 36.0
158 Nigeria 37.3
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 32.5
160 Guinea 52.3
161 Rwanda 36.5
162 Angola 40.3
163 Benin 47.6
164 Malawi 36.7
165 Zambia 41.8
166 Côte d'Ivoire 40.3
167 Burundi 37.6
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 39.3
169 Ethiopia 54.9
170 Chad 56.9
171 Central African Republic 43.6
172 Mozambique 50.6
173 Mali 56.4
174 Niger 54.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 44.8
176 Burkina Faso 55.8
177 Sierra Leone 51.7

Source :
calculated on the basis of data in columns 3-6, see Technical note 1 for details.