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Watts index at $2.15/day

· higher is better · 217 countries

World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform (CC BY 4.0)CC BY 4.0updated 2026
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  1. 1South Sudan0.56
  2. 2Mozambique0.51
  3. 3Congo, Dem. Rep.0.47
  4. 4Zambia0.44
  5. 5Central African Republic0.34
  6. 6Malawi0.3
  7. 7Yemen, Rep.0.26
  8. 8Burundi0.25
  9. 9Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.23
  10. 10Congo, Rep.0.21
  11. 11Madagascar0.18
  12. 12Angola0.17
  13. 13Lesotho0.16
  14. 14Haiti0.15
  15. 15Papua New Guinea0.14
  16. 16Uganda0.13
  17. 17Zimbabwe0.11
  18. 18Eswatini0.11
  19. 19Ghana0.11
  20. 20Solomon Islands0.1
  21. 21Afghanistan0.1
  22. 22Kosovo0.08
  23. 23Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.07
  24. 24Chad0.07
  25. 25Tanzania0.06
  26. 26Nigeria0.06
  27. 27Namibia0.06
  28. 28Niger0.06
  29. 29Kenya0.06
  30. 30Sudan0.05
  31. 31Honduras0.05
  32. 32Eritrea0.05
  33. 33Burkina Faso0.05
  34. 34Timor-Leste0.05
  35. 35Liberia0.04
  36. 36Djibouti0.04
  37. 37Cameroon0.04
  38. 38Togo0.04
  39. 39Guinea-Bissau0.03
  40. 40Colombia0.03
  41. 41Mali0.03
  42. 42Rwanda0.03
  43. 43Botswana0.03
  44. 44Sierra Leone0.03
  45. 45South Africa0.03
  46. 46Ethiopia0.03
  47. 47Vanuatu0.03
  48. 48Syrian Arab Republic0.02
  49. 49Guatemala0.02
  50. 50Benin0.02
  51. 51Gambia, The0.02
  52. 52Pakistan0.02
  53. 53Dominica0.02
  54. 54United States0.01
  55. 55St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.01
  56. 56El Salvador0.01
  57. 57Sao Tome and Principe0.01
  58. 58Italy0.01
  59. 59Barbados0.01
  60. 60Lithuania0.01
  61. 61Montenegro0.01
  62. 62Venezuela, RB0.01
  63. 63Australia0.01
  64. 64Cambodia0.01
  65. 65Spain0.01
  66. 66Germany0.01
  67. 67Sweden0.01
  68. 68Mauritania0.01
  69. 69Senegal0.01
  70. 70Brazil0.01
  71. 71Cote d'Ivoire0.01
  72. 72Peru0.01
  73. 73North Macedonia0.01
  74. 74Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.01
  75. 75Equatorial Guinea0.01
  76. 76Austria0.01
  77. 77Lao PDR0.01
  78. 78Uzbekistan0.01
  79. 79Myanmar0.01
  80. 80Gabon0.01
  81. 81Cabo Verde0.01
  82. 82Ecuador0.01
  83. 83Cuba0.01
  84. 84Serbia0.01
  85. 85Hungary0.01
  86. 86Latvia0.01
  87. 87Japan0.01
  88. 88Denmark0
  89. 89Nicaragua0
  90. 90Chile0
  91. 91St. Kitts and Nevis0
  92. 92Antigua and Barbuda0
  93. 93Bolivia0
  94. 94United Kingdom0
  95. 95Panama0
  96. 96Guinea0
  97. 97Philippines0
  98. 98Bulgaria0
  99. 99British Virgin Islands0
  100. 100Estonia0
  101. 101Bahamas, The0
  102. 102Mexico0
  103. 103Slovak Republic0
  104. 104Norway0
  105. 105Finland0
  106. 106Greece0
  107. 107Lebanon0
  108. 108Georgia0
  109. 109Portugal0
  110. 110Libya0
  111. 111Aruba0
  112. 112Croatia0
  113. 113Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  114. 114Tajikistan0
  115. 115Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0
  116. 116Costa Rica0
  117. 117Paraguay0
  118. 118Poland0
  119. 119Comoros0
  120. 120West Bank and Gaza0
  121. 121Israel0
  122. 122Curacao0
  123. 123Palau0
  124. 124Jamaica0
  125. 125Malta0
  126. 126Dominican Republic0
  127. 127Suriname0
  128. 128Puerto Rico (US)0
  129. 129Virgin Islands (U.S.)0
  130. 130St. Martin (French part)0
  131. 131Canada0
  132. 132Turks and Caicos Islands0
  133. 133Ireland0
  134. 134Romania0
  135. 135Bangladesh0
  136. 136Morocco0
  137. 137Viet Nam0
  138. 138Turkmenistan0
  139. 139Iceland0
  140. 140Fiji0
  141. 141Belize0
  142. 142Indonesia0
  143. 143France0
  144. 144Seychelles0
  145. 145Tunisia0
  146. 146Netherlands0
  147. 147Uruguay0
  148. 148Marshall Islands0
  149. 149Sri Lanka0
  150. 150Cayman Islands0
  151. 151India0
  152. 152Russian Federation0
  153. 153Samoa0
  154. 154Grenada0
  155. 155Armenia0
  156. 156Belgium0
  157. 157Kyrgyz Republic0
  158. 158Luxembourg0
  159. 159Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  160. 160Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  161. 161Oman0
  162. 162American Samoa0
  163. 163Turkiye0
  164. 164Nepal0
  165. 165New Caledonia0
  166. 166Liechtenstein0
  167. 167Channel Islands0
  168. 168Jordan0
  169. 169Isle of Man0
  170. 170Faroe Islands0
  171. 171Iraq0
  172. 172Guam0
  173. 173Korea, Rep.0
  174. 174French Polynesia0
  175. 175Kuwait0
  176. 176Mongolia0
  177. 177Mauritius0
  178. 178Northern Mariana Islands0
  179. 179New Zealand0
  180. 180Ukraine0
  181. 181Cyprus0
  182. 182Saudi Arabia0
  183. 183Bahrain0
  184. 184Gibraltar0
  185. 185Brunei Darussalam0
  186. 186Bermuda0
  187. 187Algeria0
  188. 187Azerbaijan0
  189. 187Guyana0
  190. 187Hong Kong SAR, China0
  191. 187Kazakhstan0
  192. 187Kiribati0
  193. 187St. Lucia0
  194. 187Macao SAR, China0
  195. 187Monaco0
  196. 187Moldova0
  197. 187Maldives0
  198. 187United Arab Emirates0
  199. 187Malaysia0
  200. 187Andorra0
  201. 187Naoero0
  202. 187Albania0
  203. 187Qatar0
  204. 187Singapore0
  205. 187Slovenia0
  206. 187Belarus0
  207. 187Bhutan0
  208. 187Switzerland0
  209. 187San Marino0
  210. 187Czechia0
  211. 187Taiwan0
  212. 187Thailand0
  213. 187Tonga0
  214. 187Trinidad and Tobago0
  215. 187Tuvalu0

Watts index at $2.15/day