Côte d'Ivoire is the top country by urban poverty rate in the world. As of 2015, urban poverty rate in Côte d'Ivoire was 35.9 %. The top 5 countries also includes Togo, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, and Tajikistan.

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Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.

Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line as a share of urban population (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015
Cambodia8.58.76.4
Indonesia11.79.99.28.88.48.3
Lao PDR10.0
Malaysia1.00.3
Mongolia33.228.723.318.8
Philippines13.0
Thailand22.28.79.08.87.7
Timor-Leste28.3
Tuvalu24.8
Vietnam6.05.43.8
Albania11.213.6
Armenia35.735.232.532.230.0
Belarus37.910.93.85.85.24.23.73.7
Kazakhstan20.23.72.41.91.31.31.3
Kyrgyz Republic23.630.735.428.526.929.3
Moldova10.47.48.2
Montenegro8.14.04.48.17.9
Tajikistan27.823.523.2
Turkiye10.11.00.90.60.6
Argentina33.89.96.55.44.7
Bolivia54.551.136.834.729.030.6
Chile38.519.719.912.4
Colombia41.133.330.328.426.924.624.1
Costa Rica19.019.718.218.219.519.4
Dominican Republic23.742.837.336.536.836.3
Ecuador54.631.022.517.416.117.616.4
El Salvador30.933.035.429.926.228.5
Guatemala27.142.2
Haiti40.6
Honduras57.754.358.563.660.461.0
Jamaica12.6
Mexico47.848.350.5
Nicaragua30.914.8
Peru44.520.018.016.616.115.3
Uruguay36.618.714.313.112.010.1
Algeria5.8
Egypt, Arab Rep.9.315.3
Iraq14.8
Jordan13.9
Morocco7.6
West Bank and Gaza25.826.1
Yemen, Rep.20.7
Afghanistan27.6
Bangladesh35.228.421.3
Bhutan1.8
India13.7
Nepal15.5
Pakistan18.2
Sri Lanka2.1
Benin31.4
Burkina Faso13.7
Burundi27.6
Cameroon8.9
Chad20.9
Cote d'Ivoire35.9
Ethiopia25.7
Gabon29.8
Ghana12.410.6
Guinea35.4
Guinea-Bissau51.0
Kenya33.7
Lesotho39.6
Malawi17.3
Mauritania28.5
Niger18.6
Rwanda28.522.1
Senegal41.233.633.1
Sierra Leone31.2
South Africa52.0
Eswatini35.5
Tanzania15.5
Gambia, The32.7
Togo34.635.9
Uganda13.79.6