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  Field Listing - Population below poverty line


Country
Population below poverty line (%)
Afghanistan 53% (2003)
Albania 25% (2004 est.)
Algeria 25% (2005 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra NA%
Angola 70% (2003 est.)
Anguilla 23% (2002)
Antigua and Barbuda NA%
Argentina 23.4% (January-June 2007)
Armenia 26.5% (2006 est.)
Aruba NA%
Australia NA%
Austria 5.9% (2004)
Azerbaijan 24% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The 9.3% (2004)
Bahrain NA%
Bangladesh 45% (2004 est.)
Barbados NA%
Belarus 27.1% (2003 est.)
Belgium 15.2% (2007 est.)
Belize 33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin 37.4% (2007 est.)
Bermuda 19% (2000)
Bhutan 31.7% (2003)
Bolivia 60% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25% (2004 est.)
Botswana 30.3% (2003)
Brazil 31% (2005)
British Virgin Islands NA%
Brunei NA%
Bulgaria 14.1% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso 46.4% (2004)
Burma 32.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi 68% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 35% (2004)
Cameroon 48% (2000 est.)
Canada 10.8%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2005)
Cape Verde 30% (2000)
Cayman Islands NA%
Central African Republic NA%
Chad 80% (2001 est.)
Chile 18.2% (2005)
China 8%
note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); and an additional 35.5 million rural population above that but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2006 est.)
Colombia 49.2% (2005)
Comoros 60% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the NA%
Congo, Republic of the NA%
Cook Islands NA%
Costa Rica 16% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 42% (2006 est.)
Croatia 11% (2003)
Cuba NA%
Cyprus NA%
Czech Republic NA%
Denmark NA%
Djibouti 42% (2007 est.)
Dominica 30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 42.2% (2004)
Ecuador 38.3% (2006)
Egypt 20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador 30.7% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea NA%
Eritrea 50% (2004 est.)
Estonia 5% (2003)
Ethiopia 38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%
Faroe Islands NA%
Fiji 25.5% (FY90/91)
Finland NA%
France 6.2% (2004)
French Polynesia NA%
Gabon NA%
Gambia, The NA%
Gaza Strip 80% (2007 est.)
Georgia 31% (2006)
Germany 11% (2001 est.)
Ghana 28.5% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar NA%
Greece NA%
Greenland NA%
Grenada 32% (2000)
Guam 23% (2001 est.)
Guatemala 56.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey NA%
Guinea 47% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau NA%
Guyana NA%
Haiti 80% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA%
Honduras 50.7% (2004)
Hong Kong NA%
Hungary 8.6% (1993 est.)
Iceland NA%
India 25% (2007 est.)
Indonesia 17.8% (2006)
Iran 18% (2007 est.)
Iraq NA%
Ireland 7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man NA%
Israel 21.6%
note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2005)
Italy NA%
Jamaica 14.8% (2003 est.)
Japan NA%
Jersey NA%
Jordan 14.2% (2002)
Kazakhstan 13.8% (2007)
Kenya 50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati NA%
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 15% (2003 est.)
Kosovo 37% (2007 est.)
Kuwait NA%
Kyrgyzstan 40% (2004 est.)
Laos 30.7% (2005 est.)
Latvia NA%
Lebanon 28% (1999 est.)
Lesotho 49% (1999)
Liberia 80% (2000 est.)
Libya 7.4% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein NA%
Lithuania 4% (2003)
Luxembourg NA%
Macau NA%
Macedonia 29.8% (2006)
Madagascar 50% (2004 est.)
Malawi 53% (2004)
Malaysia 5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives 21% (2004)
Mali 36.1% (2005 est.)
Malta NA%
Marshall Islands NA%
Mauritania 40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius 8% (2006 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 13.8% using food-based definition of poverty; asset based poverty amounted to more than 40% (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.7% (2000)
Moldova 29.5% (2005)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia 36.1% (2004)
Montenegro 7% (2007 est.)
Montserrat NA%
Morocco 15% (2007 est.)
Mozambique 70% (2001 est.)
Namibia the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Report indicated that 34.9% of the population live on $1 per day and 55.8% live on $2 per day
Nauru NA%
Nepal 30.9% (2004)
Netherlands 10.5% (2005)
Netherlands Antilles NA%
New Caledonia NA%
New Zealand NA%
Nicaragua 48% (2005)
Niger 63% (1993 est.)
Nigeria 70% (2007 est.)
Niue NA%
Northern Mariana Islands NA%
Norway NA%
Oman NA%
Pakistan 24% (FY05/06 est.)
Palau NA%
Panama 37% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea 37% (2002 est.)
Paraguay 32% (2005 est.)
Peru 44.5% (2006)
Philippines 30% (2003 est.)
Poland 17% (2003 est.)
Portugal 18% (2006)
Puerto Rico NA%
Qatar NA%
Romania 25% (2005 est.)
Russia 15.8% (November 2007)
Rwanda 60% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena NA%
Saint Kitts and Nevis NA%
Saint Lucia NA%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA%
Samoa NA%
San Marino NA%
Sao Tome and Principe 54% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia NA%
Senegal 54% (2001 est.)
Serbia 6.5% (2007 est.)
Seychelles NA%
Sierra Leone 70.2% (2004)
Singapore NA%
Slovakia 21% (2002)
Slovenia 12.9% (2004)
Solomon Islands NA%
Somalia NA%
South Africa 50% (2000 est.)
Spain 19.8% (2005)
Sri Lanka 22% (2002 est.)
Sudan 40% (2004 est.)
Suriname 70% (2002 est.)
Swaziland 69% (2006)
Sweden NA%
Switzerland NA%
Syria 11.9% (2006 est.)
Taiwan 0.95% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan 60% (2007 est.)
Tanzania 36% (2002 est.)
Thailand 10% (2004 est.)
Timor-Leste 42% (2003 est.)
Togo 32% (1989 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 24% (FY03/04)
Trinidad and Tobago 17% (2007 est.)
Tunisia 7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey 20% (2002)
Turkmenistan 30% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA%
Tuvalu NA%
Uganda 35% (2001 est.)
Ukraine 37.7% (2003)
United Arab Emirates 19.5% (2003)
United Kingdom 14% (2006 est.)
United States 12% (2004 est.)
Uruguay 27.4% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan 33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu NA%
Venezuela 37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam 14.8% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands 28.9% (2002)
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank 46% (2007 est.)
Western Sahara NA%
Yemen 45.2% (2003)
Zambia 86% (1993)
Zimbabwe 68% (2004)

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