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Field Listing - Population below poverty line
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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% (2004 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% (2007 est.)
Belize
33.5% (2002 est.)
Benin
33% (2001 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% (2003)
Burma
25% (2000 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
10% (2004 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
18% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
37% (1995)
Croatia
11% (2003)
Cuba
NA%
Cyprus
NA%
Czech Republic
NA%
Denmark
NA%
Djibouti
50% (2001 est.)
Dominica
30% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic
42.2% (2004)
Ecuador
38.3% (2006)
Egypt
20% (2005 est.)
El Salvador
35.2% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
NA%
Eritrea
50% (2004 est.)
Estonia
5% (2003)
Ethiopia
38.7% (FY05/06 est.)
European Union
see individual country listings
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
54.5% (2003)
Germany
11% (2001 est.)
Ghana
31.4% (1992 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% (2002 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
19% (2004 est.)
Kenya
50% (2000 est.)
Kiribati
NA%
Korea, North
NA%
Korea, South
15% (2003 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
30% (2005)
Madagascar
50% (2004 est.)
Malawi
53% (2004)
Malaysia
5.1% (2002 est.)
Maldives
21% (2004)
Mali
64% (2001 est.)
Malta
NA%
Marshall Islands
NA%
Mauritania
40% (2004 est.)
Mauritius
10% (2001 est.)
Mayotte
NA%
Mexico
17.6% (2004)
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
60% (2000 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
40% (2001 est.)
Poland
17% (2003 est.)
Portugal
NA%
Puerto Rico
NA%
Qatar
NA%
Romania
25% (2005 est.)
Russia
17.6% (2004)
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
30%
note:
data covers the former Serbia and Montenegro (1999 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
64% (2004 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
21% (1992 est.)
Tunisia
7.4% (2005 est.)
Turkey
20% (2002)
Turkmenistan
27% (2002)
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
27.37% of households (2006)
Uzbekistan
33% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu
NA%
Venezuela
37.9% (end 2005 est.)
Vietnam
19.5% (2004 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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