Poverty rates by country

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South Sudan tops this one at 82.3%, Madagascar next at 75.2%, then Central African Republic at 68.8% and Mozambique at 65.0%. Honduras rounds out the top five at 60.1%, with Zambia right behind at 60.0%, Eswatini at 58.9%, Haiti at 58.5%, Sierra Leone at 56.8%. Nigeria and DR Congo are tied at 56.2%, Guatemala sits at 56.0%, Sao Tome and Principe 55.5%, Somalia 55.4%, Gambia 53.4%, Belize 52.0%, Burundi 51.0%, Liberia 50.9%, and Malawi closes the visible stretch at 50.7%. The measure is the share of population below national poverty lines, and the figures come from the World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The full list runs 31 countries deep.