Among the 15 countries/regions with available data, the highest poverty rates are the Philippines (23.7%), India (21.9%), the United States (18.0%), and Hong Kong (17.3%). Poverty rates in China and UAE are reported at 0.0%.

* OECD Data, Poverty rate The poverty rate is the ratio of the number of people whose income falls below the poverty line; taken as half the median household income of the total population Retrieved Sep. 30, 2022, from https://data.oecd.org/inequality/poverty-rate.htm ** World Bank Data, Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific )poverty lines. Retrieved Sep. 30, 2022, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC https://data.worldbank.org/country/AE *** The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Basic 2022 Statistics, Propotion of population living below the national poverty line (%) This represents the percentage of the total population living below the national poverty line based on the specific economy’s data Retrieved Sep. 30, 2022, from https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/788161/basic-statistics-2022.pdf