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Zimbabwe is the top country by poverty ratio at rural poverty line in the world. As of 2019, poverty ratio at rural poverty line in Zimbabwe was 52.3 %. The top 5 countries also includes Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia.

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Rural poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the rural population living below the national poverty lines.

Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (%)

20052010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Angola74.3
Armenia1.7
Bangladesh17.4
Benin60.4
Bhutan2.3
Bolivia9.1
Botswana23.5
Brazil13.1
Bulgaria1.8
Burkina Faso51.8
Burundi77.5
Cameroon41.9
Cape Verde6.7
Chad43.6
Chile0.1
Colombia11.0
Comoros24.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.89.6
Congo, Rep.73.5
Costa Rica1.1
Cote d'Ivoire42.4
Croatia0.9
Djibouti57.4
Ecuador8.4
Egypt, Arab Rep.4.7
El Salvador2.2
Eswatini35.9
Ethiopia34.9
Fiji0.5
Gabon10.2
Gambia, The20.3
Georgia4.7
Ghana23.4
Greece0.6
Guatemala13.4
Guinea46.8
Guinea-Bissau76.0
Haiti38.3
Honduras27.5
India26.3
Indonesia3.9
Iran, Islamic Rep.1.8
Iraq3.7
Italy1.0
Jordan0.3
Kazakhstan0.0
Kenya48.5
Kyrgyz Republic0.8
Lao PDR13.1
Latvia0.9
Lesotho34.6
Liberia67.9
Lithuania1.1
Madagascar86.4
Malawi79.7
Malaysia0.0
Mauritania9.6
Mexico4.8
Mongolia0.2
Montenegro4.9
Morocco2.0
Mozambique73.7
Myanmar1.7
Namibia20.5
Nepal16.4
Nicaragua6.3
Niger52.8
Nigeria51.1
Pakistan6.2
Panama3.3
Paraguay1.8
Peru8.2
Philippines9.3
Poland0.5
Portugal0.3
Romania4.4
Russian Federation0.1
Rwanda62.9
Sao Tome and Principe34.5
Senegal58.3
Sierra Leone59.7
Solomon Islands29.5
South Africa35.2
South Sudan79.6
Spain0.8
Sri Lanka1.1
Sudan14.3
Tajikistan4.8
Tanzania58.8
Timor-Leste25.6
Togo70.3
Tonga1.2
Tunisia0.7
Tuvalu3.1
Uganda48.5
Vanuatu11.2
Vietnam2.6
Yemen, Rep.23.4
Zambia81.8
Estonia0.8
North Macedonia4.7
Zimbabwe52.3
Austria0.8
Azerbaijan0.0
Belarus0.0
Maldives0.0
Thailand0.1
Ukraine0.0
United Kingdom1.2
West Bank and Gaza0.0