Countries with the highest rates of Poverty

Can you name the countries where the highest percentage of its population live in poverty?
Poverty is defined as anyone who is living on under $1.25 a day
source: CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html
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Percentage of Population in Poverty
Country
87.72
Democratic Republic of the Congo
83.76
Liberia
81.32
Burundi
81.29
Madagascar
73.86
Malawi
68.51
Zambia
67.98
Nigeria
67.87
Tanzania
63.17
Rwanda
62.83
Central African Republic
61.94
Chad
61.71
Haiti
59.58
Mozambique
54.31
Angola
54.10
Republic of the Congo
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Level 70
Sep 20, 2014
I'm really surprised about Sierra Leone...
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Level 71
Jan 5, 2016
Forgive me but It seems hard to believe that Somalia and Afghanistan wouldn't be part of this list.
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Level 53
Nov 24, 2020
$1.25 per day is a wild definition of the poverty line.
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Level 53
Jan 17, 2023
87.72%??? U.S. doesnt seem too bad now does it