The Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest share of its population living in extreme poverty among the countries featured, with 85.3% living below the international poverty line of $3 per day, according to the World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026).
Mozambique follows closely at 81.4%, while Burundi ranks third at 74.2%. Zambia and the Central African Republic record similarly high levels, at 71.7% and 71.6%, respectively.
Madagascar has 69.2% of its population living below the $3-a-day poverty line, followed by Niger at 60.5%.
Kenya ranks eighth among the 10 countries featured, with 45.5% of its population living below the international poverty line.
Burkina Faso records 42.1%, while Nigeria has the lowest share among the countries shown, at 41.5%.
The figures highlight the continued scale of extreme poverty across several African countries, with more than four in 10 people living below the $3-a-day threshold in all countries featured.
