Extreme poverty headcount ratio vs life expectancy at birth by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
86.37
Monaco
Lowest
54.46
Nigeria
Median
75.3
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Extreme poverty headcount ratio vs life expectancy at birth is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 86.37 in Monaco; the lowest is 54.46 in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.3, and the mean is 74.13.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 226 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 12.1%).
Extreme poverty headcount ratio vs life expectancy at birth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.37 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | 79.31 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.71 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Tokelau | 77.05 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong, China | 85.51 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Shangla | 76.79 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 84.71 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | Montserrat | 76.19 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Korea | 84.33 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 5 | Mayotte | 76.05 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Barthélemy | 84.29 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 6 | Cook Islands | 75.28 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.07 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 7 | Niue | 69.98 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 83.95 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 83.92 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 83.74 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 83.72 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 83.67 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 83.63 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Gibraltar | 83.55 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Réunion | 83.55 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | France | 83.33 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 83.31 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 83.3 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | 83.27 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 83.26 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 22 | Macau, China | 83.08 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 23 | Holy See | 82.98 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 82.91 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | Iceland | 82.69 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 82.63 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Martinique | 82.56 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Ireland | 82.41 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 82.41 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Qatar | 82.37 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 82.36 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 32 | Bermuda | 82.31 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 82.23 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 82.16 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 82.11 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 82.09 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Guadeloupe | 82.05 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 81.96 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 81.93 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Finland | 81.91 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 81.86 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 81.69 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 81.65 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 81.6 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 81.38 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 81.3 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Bahrain | 81.28 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 48 | Chile | 81.17 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 81.04 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 50 | Isle of Man | 81 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 80.8 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Chinese Taipei | 80.56 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 80.41 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 80.36 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Martin | 80.22 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Faroe Islands | 80.18 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Oman | 80.03 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 79.83 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Jersey | 79.71 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 60 | Albania | 79.6 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | Panama | 79.59 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 62 | United States of America | 79.3 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 63 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 79.21 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Estonia | 79.15 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 65 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.81 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 78.77 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 78.73 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Poland | 78.63 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | Wallis and Futuna | 78.63 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 70 | Croatia | 78.58 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 78.34 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 78.14 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 78.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 74 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.01 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | China | 77.95 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.85 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 77 | Lebanon | 77.82 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 78 | Jordan | 77.81 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 77.74 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 77.72 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.65 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 77.48 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bonaire, Saba, Saint Eustatius | 77.44 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 85 | Argentina | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Ecuador | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 88 | British Virgin Islands | 77.28 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 89 | Guam | 77.21 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 90 | Türkiye | 77.16 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Montenegro | 77.09 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 92 | Hungary | 77.02 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 93 | French Guiana | 76.98 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | Curaçao | 76.8 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 95 | Serbia | 76.77 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 96 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 76.76 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 97 | Malaysia | 76.66 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 76.51 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 99 | Thailand | 76.41 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 100 | Sint Maarten | 76.37 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 101 | Aruba | 76.35 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 102 | Algeria | 76.26 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 103 | Latvia | 76.19 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 104 | Barbados | 76.18 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 76.06 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 106 | Lithuania | 76.03 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 107 | Romania | 75.94 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 108 | Brazil | 75.85 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 75.68 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 75.64 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 111 | United States Virgin Islands | 75.47 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 112 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.33 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 113 | Morocco | 75.31 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 114 | Grenada | 75.2 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 115 | Mexico | 75.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 74.95 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 117 | Mauritius | 74.93 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 74.67 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 74.59 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 120 | Bahamas | 74.55 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 121 | Georgia | 74.5 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 122 | Belarus | 74.43 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 74.43 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 74.4 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 73.84 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 73.72 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 127 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 73.64 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 128 | Suriname | 73.63 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Belize | 73.57 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.49 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 131 | Ukraine | 73.42 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 132 | Russian Federation | 73.15 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 72.97 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 134 | Tonga | 72.89 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 135 | Honduras | 72.88 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 136 | Seychelles | 72.86 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 137 | American Samoa | 72.85 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 72.7 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 139 | Guatemala | 72.6 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 140 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 72.51 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 72.39 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 142 | Iraq | 72.32 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.14 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.12 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 72.1 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 146 | India | 72 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 71.79 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Mongolia | 71.73 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 149 | Samoa | 71.7 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.68 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 151 | Egypt | 71.63 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 152 | Jamaica | 71.48 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 71.48 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 154 | Western Sahara | 71.39 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.23 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 156 | Republic of Moldova | 71.2 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 157 | Indonesia | 71.15 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 158 | Dominica | 71.13 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 159 | Cambodia | 70.67 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 70.53 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 161 | Nepal | 70.35 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 70.18 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 70.07 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 164 | Greenland | 70.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 165 | Philippines | 69.83 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.72 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 167 | Libya | 69.34 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 168 | Yemen | 69.3 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 169 | Palau | 69.27 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 69.16 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 171 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.96 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 172 | Senegal | 68.68 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 173 | Eritrea | 68.62 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 174 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.58 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritania | 68.48 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 176 | Gabon | 68.34 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 177 | Uganda | 68.25 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 178 | Rwanda | 67.78 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 179 | Timor-Leste | 67.69 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 180 | Pakistan | 67.65 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 181 | Namibia | 67.39 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 182 | Malawi | 67.35 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 183 | Fiji | 67.32 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 67.31 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 185 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67.2 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 67.11 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 187 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 67 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 66.94 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 189 | Myanmar | 66.89 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 190 | Comoros | 66.78 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 191 | Kiribati | 66.47 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 192 | Zambia | 66.35 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 193 | Sudan | 66.33 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 194 | South Africa | 66.14 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 66.13 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 196 | Afghanistan | 66.03 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 197 | Djibouti | 65.99 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 198 | Gambia | 65.86 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 199 | Congo | 65.77 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 200 | Ghana | 65.5 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 201 | Palestine, State of | 65.17 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 202 | Haiti | 64.94 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 203 | Angola | 64.62 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 204 | Eswatini | 64.12 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 205 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.08 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 206 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.71 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 207 | Cameroon | 63.7 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 208 | Burundi | 63.65 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 209 | Kenya | 63.65 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 210 | Madagascar | 63.63 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 211 | Mozambique | 63.61 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 212 | Zimbabwe | 62.77 | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 213 | Togo | 62.74 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 214 | Liberia | 62.16 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 215 | Naoero | 62.11 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 216 | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.94 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 217 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 61.9 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 218 | Sierra Leone | 61.79 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 219 | Niger | 61.18 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 220 | Burkina Faso | 61.09 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 221 | Benin | 60.77 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 222 | Guinea | 60.74 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 223 | Mali | 60.44 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 224 | Somalia | 58.82 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 225 | South Sudan | 57.62 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 226 | Central African Republic | 57.41 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 227 | Lesotho | 57.38 | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 228 | Chad | 55.07 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 229 | Nigeria | 54.46 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |