Goal 1 of 17

No Poverty

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

79.8 world score, 2022

93.3 median country score, 2023

75.2 average across the countries assessed

151 countries assessed on this goal

15 countries not assessed

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 151 scores are spread

9 0
4 10
8 20
6 30
7 40
7 50
8 60
8 70
14 80
80 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

1 Cote d'Ivoire 37.8 → 73.7 +35.9
2 Benin 21.4 → 57.2 +35.8
3 Senegal 41.8 → 67.9 +26.1
4 Uzbekistan 37.0 → 61.6 +24.6
5 Tajikistan 61.0 → 83.0 +22.0

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

1 Venezuela, RB 76.2 → 19.7 -56.5
2 Afghanistan 30.1 → 12.4 -17.7
3 Yemen, Rep. 21.3 → 4.6 -16.7
4 Angola 49.7 → 33.2 -16.5
5 Zimbabwe 37.0 → 21.5 -15.5

Every country on Goal 1

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

Rank	Country	Region	Score
1	Saudi Arabia	Middle East & North Africa	100.0
1	Maldives	East & South Asia	100.0
1	Azerbaijan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
4	Croatia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
5	Lithuania	OECD	100.0
5	Estonia	OECD	100.0
5	Latvia	OECD	100.0
5	Serbia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
5	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	100.0
10	Luxembourg	OECD	100.0
11	Ireland	OECD	99.9
12	Portugal	OECD	99.9
13	Cyprus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	99.9
14	Czechia	OECD	99.9
15	Iceland	OECD	99.9
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	99.9
17	Malta	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	99.8
18	France	OECD	99.7
19	United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	99.7
20	Canada	OECD	99.6
21	Finland	OECD	99.6
22	Germany	OECD	99.5
23	Korea, Rep.	OECD	99.5
24	Switzerland	OECD	99.5
25	Belgium	OECD	99.5
26	Austria	OECD	99.5
27	Slovenia	OECD	99.4
28	Australia	OECD	99.3
29	Japan	OECD	99.3
30	Netherlands	OECD	99.3
31	Greece	OECD	99.2
32	Norway	OECD	99.2
33	Denmark	OECD	99.2
34	Slovak Republic	OECD	99.2
35	Guyana	Latin America & the Caribbean	99.1
36	Belarus	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	99.1
37	Poland	OECD	99.0
38	United Kingdom	OECD	99.0
39	Montenegro	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.9
40	Hungary	OECD	98.9
41	Turkmenistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.9
42	Sweden	OECD	98.9
43	Malaysia	East & South Asia	98.9
44	United States	OECD	98.9
45	Russian Federation	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.8
46	Spain	OECD	98.7
47	Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	98.7
48	Moldova	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.7
49	Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	98.7
50	Kazakhstan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.7
51	Albania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.6
52	Israel	OECD	98.6
53	Thailand	East & South Asia	98.6
54	Romania	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	98.6
55	Uruguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	98.5
56	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & the Caribbean	98.2
57	Türkiye	OECD	98.1
58	China	East & South Asia	98.1
59	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	98.0
60	Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	97.9
61	Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	97.7
62	Italy	OECD	97.5
63	Vietnam	East & South Asia	97.0
64	Argentina	Latin America & the Caribbean	96.8
65	Chile	OECD	96.4
66	Armenia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	96.3
67	North Macedonia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	96.2
68	Dominican Republic	Latin America & the Caribbean	95.9
69	Paraguay	Latin America & the Caribbean	95.1
70	Bhutan	East & South Asia	94.8
71	Panama	Latin America & the Caribbean	94.7
72	Mongolia	East & South Asia	94.6
73	El Salvador	Latin America & the Caribbean	94.0
74	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	94.0
75	Costa Rica	OECD	93.8
76	Brazil	Latin America & the Caribbean	93.3
77	Kyrgyz Republic	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	92.1
78	Bolivia	Latin America & the Caribbean	91.7
79	Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	90.4
80	Jamaica	Latin America & the Caribbean	90.0
81	Fiji	Oceania	89.7
82	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	88.7
83	Georgia	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	88.1
84	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	88.0
85	Mexico	OECD	86.3
86	Sri Lanka	East & South Asia	86.2
87	India	East & South Asia	86.2
88	Indonesia	East & South Asia	86.1
89	Peru	Latin America & the Caribbean	86.0
90	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	84.9
91	Ecuador	Latin America & the Caribbean	83.9
92	Tajikistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	83.0
93	Nepal	East & South Asia	81.4
94	Philippines	East & South Asia	80.5
95	Pakistan	East & South Asia	79.1
96	Bangladesh	East & South Asia	79.1
97	Colombia	OECD	77.7
98	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	77.0
99	Guatemala	Latin America & the Caribbean	76.5
100	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	73.7
101	Nicaragua	Latin America & the Caribbean	71.7
102	Honduras	Latin America & the Caribbean	70.3
103	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	67.9
104	Lao PDR	East & South Asia	65.7
105	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.8
106	Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	64.7
107	Belize	Latin America & the Caribbean	62.1
108	Uzbekistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	61.6
109	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.1
110	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.5
111	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.4
112	Myanmar	East & South Asia	58.0
113	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.2
114	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.4
115	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.8
116	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.7
117	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.6
118	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.9
119	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.4
120	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.1
121	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.8
122	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.2
123	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	44.4
124	Haiti	Latin America & the Caribbean	42.2
125	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.7
126	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	33.7
127	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	33.2
128	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	32.5
129	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	31.4
130	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	30.8
131	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.9
132	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	26.4
133	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.6
134	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.4
135	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.4
136	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	24.0
137	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	23.5
138	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	21.5
139	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & the Caribbean	19.7
140	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	12.8
141	Afghanistan	Eastern Europe & Central Asia	12.4
142	Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.3
143	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.9
144	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.2
145	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	4.6
146	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.2
147	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.2
148	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.2
149	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.0
149	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.0
149	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.0

15 countries are not assessed on this goal

These countries have no score for Goal 1 in the dataset. That is not the same as a score of zero, and they are excluded from the ranking and the averages above.

Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cuba, Iraq, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Singapore, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine