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Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

Author: Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

The distribution of the poor over different countries is indicative of nothing more than their spread geographically. China and India, the <a href=/graph/peo_pop>world’s most populous nations</a>, are home to over 63% of the world’s poorest and while they rank low on <a href=/graph/eco_gdp_cap>GDP per capita</a>, are high on GDP ranking in terms of <a href=/graph/eco_gdp_ppp>purchasing power parity</a>, China 2nd behind the USA and India 4th.

It is also interesting to compare the global distribution of the poor with the proportion of <a href=/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin&int=-1>people living below the poverty line</a> within each country and the ratios of a country’s poor with the distribution of wealth within each country. In India, for example, <a href=/graph/eco_inc_dis_ric_10&int=-1>the richest tenth</a> consume 33.5% of the resources, in China (and the USA) around 30.5%).
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DEFINITION: The percentage of the world's total poor who live in each nation. 'Poor' here is defined as lving below the global poverty line of US$1 per day.
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COUNTRY
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1 IndiaIndia 41.01% 2003
2 ChinaChina 22.12% 2003
3 NigeriaNigeria 8.03% 2003
4 PakistanPakistan 3.86% 2003
5 BangladeshBangladesh 3.49% 2003
Emerging markets averageEmerging markets average (profile) 3.43% 2003
=6 BrazilBrazil 1.82% 2003
=6 EthiopiaEthiopia 1.82% 2003
8 IndonesiaIndonesia 1.49% 2003
9 MexicoMexico 1.43% 2003
10 RussiaRussia 0.99% 2003
=11 NepalNepal 0.78% 2003
=11 GhanaGhana 0.78% 2003
13 ColombiaColombia 0.76% 2003
14 KenyaKenya 0.72% 2003
15 MaliMali 0.71% 2003
16 MadagascarMadagascar 0.68% 2003
17 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 0.62% 2003
=18 MozambiqueMozambique 0.61% 2003
=18 TanzaniaTanzania 0.61% 2003
20 NigerNiger 0.59% 2003
21 ZambiaZambia 0.58% 2003
22 VenezuelaVenezuela 0.51% 2003
=23 South AfricaSouth Africa 0.45% 2003
=23 CameroonCameroon 0.45% 2003
25 ZimbabweZimbabwe 0.41% 2003
26 PeruPeru 0.36% 2003
27 RwandaRwanda 0.27% 2003
28 Sierra LeoneSierra Leone 0.26% 2003
29 YemenYemen 0.25% 2003
=30 EcuadorEcuador 0.23% 2003
=30 Central African RepublicCentral Africa 0.23% 2003
32 SenegalSenegal 0.22% 2003
33 EgyptEgypt 0.18% 2003
=34 UkraineUkraine 0.14% 2003
=34 HondurasHonduras 0.14% 2003
=34 TurkeyTurkey 0.14% 2003
37 LaosLaos 0.13% 2003
=38 El SalvadorEl Salvador 0.12% 2003
=38 Sri LankaSri Lanka 0.12% 2003
Former Soviet republics averageFormer Soviet republics average (profile) 0.115% 2003
=40 ThailandThailand 0.11% 2003
=40 BoliviaBolivia 0.11% 2003
=42 ParaguayParaguay 0.1% 2003
=42 GuatemalaGuatemala 0.1% 2003
44 South KoreaSouth Korea 0.09% 2003
=45 UzbekistanUzbekistan 0.08% 2003
=45 LesothoLesotho 0.08% 2003
=47 MauritaniaMauritania 0.07% 2003
=47 The GambiaThe Gambia 0.07% 2003
=47 PolandPoland 0.07% 2003
=50 RomaniaRomania 0.06% 2003
=50 AlgeriaAlgeria 0.06% 2003
=50 NamibiaNamibia 0.06% 2003
=53 BotswanaBotswana 0.05% 2003
=53 MoldovaMoldova 0.05% 2003
=53 MoroccoMorocco 0.05% 2003
=56 PanamaPanama 0.04% 2003
=56 Costa RicaCosta Rica 0.04% 2003
=56 KazakhstanKazakhstan 0.04% 2003
=59 MongoliaMongolia 0.03% 2003
=59 ChileChile 0.03% 2003
=59 ArmeniaArmenia 0.03% 2003
=62 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 0.02% 2003
=62 PortugalPortugal 0.02% 2003
=62 BelarusBelarus 0.02% 2003
=62 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad+ 0.02% 2003
=62 HungaryHungary 0.02% 2003
=62 TunisiaTunisia 0.02% 2003
=62 BulgariaBulgaria 0.02% 2003
=62 Dominican RepublicDominican Rep. 0.02% 2003
=70 JordanJordan 0.01% 2003
=70 UruguayUruguay 0.01% 2003
=70 GeorgiaGeorgia 0.01% 2003
=70 CroatiaCroatia 0.01% 2003
=70 LithuaniaLithuania 0.01% 2003
=70 SlovakiaSlovakia 0.01% 2003
=70 JamaicaJamaica 0.01% 2003
=70 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 0.01% 2003
=78 EstoniaEstonia 0.0 2003
=78 LatviaLatvia 0.0 2003
=78 SloveniaSlovenia 0.0 2003

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The distribution of the poor over different countries is indicative of nothing more than their spread geographically. China and India, the <a href=/graph/peo_pop>world’s most populous nations</a>, are home to over 63% of the world’s poorest and while they rank low on <a href=/graph/eco_gdp_cap>GDP per capita</a>, are high on GDP ranking in terms of <a href=/graph/eco_gdp_ppp>purchasing power parity</a>, China 2nd behind the USA and India 4th.

It is also interesting to compare the global distribution of the poor with the proportion of <a href=/graph/eco_pop_bel_pov_lin&int=-1>people living below the poverty line</a> within each country and the ratios of a country’s poor with the distribution of wealth within each country. In India, for example, <a href=/graph/eco_inc_dis_ric_10&int=-1>the richest tenth</a> consume 33.5% of the resources, in China (and the USA) around 30.5%).

Posted on 21 Jan 2005

Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

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Some of the countries currently protesting in the middle east like Yemen, Egypt etc seem to also be quite high up on the list.

Posted on 14 Mar 2011

chihuahua

chihuahua

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China is a developing country .not long time in future.the poor people will decrease more !

Posted on 21 Aug 2010

Huang Lei

Huang Lei

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Just wondering if this facts are based on the global population; since they keep saying that Haiti, Guatemala and Nicaragua are the most poor in America; and here I see Mexico and Colombia leading the numbers for this continent.

Posted on 01 Apr 2010

Liz

Liz

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How can I tell how current your data is? I need to know what year the figures are from.

Posted on 02 Feb 2010

Helen

Helen

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Hello I like this website. Heh Heh.

Posted on 16 Sep 2009

Bobart Riley

Bobart Riley

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Interesting to note the over 70% of the world's poor are located in Asia, this is a good reason why Servants to Asia's Urban poor (www.servantsasia.org) focusses on this continent.

Posted on 07 Aug 2009

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